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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 is Jemmy harder to catch than?
(a) A bird.
(b) A flea.
(c) A tick.
(d) A fly.

2. What does the prince swear to do in Chapter 20?
(a) Whip Jemmy.
(b) Cook.
(c) His lessons.
(d) Mischief.

3. What does Billy say he will shake out of the prince?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His ears.
(c) His tongue.
(d) His teeth.

4. Why is Jemmy collecting driftwood?
(a) To sell as firewood.
(b) To build a raft.
(c) To sell as lumber.
(d) To build a hut.

5. Who does Jemmy meet in the city?
(a) Master Peckwith.
(b) The king.
(c) Smudge.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jemmy think is his vehicle for escape in Chapter 12?

2. What is the only safe place Jemmy knows?

3. What does the prince call the outlaws?

4. Why does the prince say he is following Jemmy in Chapter 19?

5. What does Jemmy flash at the prince in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jemmy run out of the outlaws' hut?

2. Why does Jemmy ask the prince if he can fend for himself in Chapter 15?

3. Why does Jemmy have to return to the castle?

4. Why does Petunia attack the outlaws?

5. Why do the outlaws whip Prince Brat?

6. Why do the boys want to stay out of the left side of the sewers?

7. Why does Jemmy start collecting driftwood?

8. Why does Jemmy dismiss himself from the prince's service?

9. Why is Jemmy relieved to finally reach the city streets in Chapter 18?

10. Why does Prince Brat not yell and holler when he is getting whipped?

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