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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Jemmy and his dad do for a living?
(a) Teach dance.
(b) Cook potatoes.
(c) Catch rats.
(d) Sweep streets.

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

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

4. What is Cutwater gnawing on in Chapter 8?
(a) Roasted turkey.
(b) Roasted pheasant.
(c) Roasted duck.
(d) Roasted ham.

5. What does the prince tie to the chairs at the feast?
(a) Balloons.
(b) Kites.
(c) Wigs.
(d) Ribbons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tarts are in the basket?

2. What does Jemmy say the devil has on his shoes?

3. The cutthroats ask the prince to do something that he cannot. What is that something?

4. What does the prince sit on in Chapter 8?

5. Who does Billy say will receive punishment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jemmy dreaming about in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Billy hesitate in sending the prince (who he thinks is the whipping boy) to deliver the ransom note?

3. What are some of the pranks the prince has played on people at the castle?

4. What does Jemmy tell the outlaws he is writing in the ransom note?

5. Who pulls the prince from the horse and then grabs Jemmy in Chapter 5?

6. When can Jemmy always count on a whipping?

7. Why is Jemmy excited to receive a whipping at lessons the first day following the king's feast?

8. What is Cutwater's concern about the ransom note in Chapter 9?

9. What do the cutthroats want from the prince and Jemmy?

10. What does Cutwater have in his chest?

(see the answer keys)

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