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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. The cutthroats ask the prince to do something that he cannot. What is that something?
(a) Read.
(b) Eat.
(c) Write.
(d) Ride a horse.

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

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

4. How thin is Cutwater described?
(a) Bone-thin.
(b) Skinny-thin.
(c) Straw-thin.
(d) Board-thin.

5. What does the prince put in the moat?
(a) Alligators.
(b) Fish.
(c) Bullfrogs.
(d) Coral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jemmy add to the reward?

2. Who thinks Jemmy might have lied in the ransom note?

3. What does Jemmy call the prince at the end of Chapter 7?

4. What does the prince call the animal the boys are riding?

5. To what animal does Jemmy compare Billy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the outlaws decide to prove the ransom note is real?

2. What do the outlaws feed the boys?

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

4. How does Jemmy sign the ransom note?

5. Why does the prince appear in Jemmy's room in Chapter 3?

6. How does the prince react to the breakfast the outlaws offer him?

7. Who do the outlaws decide to send with the ransom note?

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

9. What happens over the year at the prince's lessons?

10. What does Jemmy suggest when Billy rejects his first idea of how to deliver the ransom note?

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