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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prince's nickname?

2. What does Billy think the boys might have in their pockets?

3. How does the prince react to Jemmy's actions in Chapter 8?

4. How many whipping boys have there already been beginning in Chapter 1?

5. What does the prince need to sleep, according to Jemmy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the outlaws excited to find the prince's crown?

2. How do the boys get lost in the forest?

3. What does Cutwater have in his chest?

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

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

6. Why is the prince unhappy with Jemmy in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

10. What does the king's crest on the horse's saddle cause the outlaws to think?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prince Brat and Jemmy's relationship is hostile at the beginning of the book and through much of the main action of the story. Write a response explaining how the story would be different if Jemmy and the prince had gotten along and been friends to begin the story. Would the story's events have happened the same way? What would have been different in the story? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses irony as a literary element to further develop the story. Write a response explaining the use of irony in the story. What is irony? How does the author use irony in the story? What events are ironic? How are these events ironic? How do these ironic events further the plot's development? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.

Essay Topic 3

The whipping boy is central to the story, earning the title of the book. Write a response exploring the idea of a whipping boy. What is a whipping boy? How is a whipping boy used? What is expected of the whipping boy? How is the role of the whipping boy important to the plot's development? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.

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