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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 has the prince never been allowed to do?
(a) Watch anything.
(b) Carry anything.
(c) Eat anything.
(d) Learn anything.

2. What is the only safe place Jemmy knows?
(a) The river.
(b) The sewers.
(c) The forest.
(d) The castle.

3. What does Jemmy hide from the outlaw in?
(a) A cave.
(b) A hole.
(c) A hollow tree.
(d) A river.

4. What does Jemmy put on his head in Chapter 16?
(a) A sack.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A potato.
(d) A kettle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jemmy say the Prince should have done in Chapter 17?

2. Who does Billy hit with the whip?

3. Who is driving the coach the boys see in Chapter 15?

4. Betsy says Petunia is gentle as a what?

5. By what part of the body do the outlaws hold onto the boys in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the outlaws think the prince is refusing to deliver the ransom note?

2. What does the prince have to promise in order to keep Jemmy under his protection?

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

4. What does the prince do when he meets Smudge in the city?

5. How does the prince feel about the boys' adventure in the forest?

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

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

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

9. Who do Jemmy and the prince meet in the forest after they get away from Cutwater in Chapter 14?

10. Why does the prince refuse to deliver the ransom note?

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