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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cannot be done to the prince?
(a) Spanking.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Teasing.

2. To what kind of bird does Billy compare the boys?
(a) Blue jays.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Chickadees.
(d) Cardinals.

3. Where does Jemmy think about hiding in Chapter 4?
(a) The sewers.
(b) The river.
(c) The basket.
(d) The stable.

4. What is the prince fuming like in Chapter 10?
(a) A fire.
(b) A stovepipe.
(c) An oven.
(d) A heater.

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

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

7. How does the prince react to Jemmy's actions in Chapter 8?
(a) He agrees.
(b) He smiles.
(c) His mouth falls open.
(d) He yells.

8. What does the prince sit on in Chapter 8?
(a) Moldy bed straw.
(b) Wet straw.
(c) Moldy cheese.
(d) A large bed.

9. In Chapter 10, how does Billy think people will identify him?
(a) By taste.
(b) By smell.
(c) By listening.
(d) By sight.

10. With what punishment does the prince threaten the cutthroats?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Prison.

11. Why doesn't the prince have any money?
(a) He has no use for it.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) He does not like money.
(d) He is broke.

12. Jemmy remembers Billy as what?
(a) A king.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A rat catcher.
(d) A murderer.

13. What animal does Jemmy compare himself to in Chapter 2?
(a) A peacock.
(b) A horse.
(c) A rat.
(d) A cat.

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

15. Jemmy says the prince has the "sense of a" what?
(a) Gnat.
(b) Fish.
(c) Rat.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Billy say they are as rough as?

2. To what animal does Jemmy compare Billy?

3. What does Jemmy contemplate doing in the beginning of Chapter 4?

4. How does Jemmy respond to the questioning of the note?

5. What does the whipping boy learn to do?

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