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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reasoning is behind the prince's decision in Chapter 3?
(a) He is hungry.
(b) He is scared.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is lonely.

2. To what vegetable does the tutor compare the prince?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Cabbage.
(c) Spinach.
(d) Celery.

3. What does Jemmy look for in his breakfast?
(a) Pheasant.
(b) Flies.
(c) Herring.
(d) Varmints.

4. What can the prince not do?
(a) Play with friends.
(b) Ride a horse.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Write his name.

5. What does Billy think the boys might have in their pockets?
(a) Gold.
(b) A knife.
(c) Food.
(d) A map.

6. How does Billy think the king will find them?
(a) Cutting down trees.
(b) Using a map.
(c) Sending dogs after them.
(d) Following the trail.

7. Why does Jemmy not cry?
(a) To annoy the prince.
(b) Because he is happy.
(c) To keep the king happy.
(d) Because he misses his dad.

8. What does Jemmy want to trick the cutthroats into doing?
(a) Letting Jemmy go.
(b) Jumping in the river.
(c) Letting the prince go.
(d) Running away.

9. What is the prince's name?
(a) Cutwater.
(b) Billy.
(c) Horace.
(d) Jemmy.

10. How many whipping boys have there already been beginning in Chapter 1?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

11. To what does Cutwater compare the king's soldiers?
(a) A trail of rats.
(b) A pack of dogs.
(c) A trail of ants.
(d) A school of fish.

12. Who do the cutthroats think Jemmy is?
(a) The tutor.
(b) The prince.
(c) The potato man.
(d) The whipping boy.

13. How do the boys get lost?
(a) A storm comes.
(b) They take a wrong turn.
(c) They forget to bring a map.
(d) A fog sets in.

14. How does Jemmy sign the ransom note?
(a) Your lost son.
(b) Your kind son.
(c) Your kidnapped son.
(d) Your obedient son.

15. Who thinks Jemmy might have lied in the ransom note?
(a) Billy.
(b) Prince Brat.
(c) Cutwater.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prince carrying in the beginning of Chapter 3?

2. What does the prince have in the basket?

3. What does Billy put on his head at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. Who do the outlaws decide to send with the note?

5. What fights with rats in Jemmy's town?

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