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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. To what animal does Jemmy compare Billy?
2. What does Billy say Cutwater can slip in and out of?
3. What is the prince fuming like in Chapter 10?
4. What is the prince's nickname?
5. What reasoning is behind the prince's decision in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Jemmy excited to receive a whipping at lessons the first day following the king's feast?
2. Why does Billy enjoy eating garlic?
3. What does the outlaws' hut look like?
4. What happens over the year at the prince's lessons?
5. Who pulls the prince from the horse and then grabs Jemmy in Chapter 5?
6. Why is the prince unhappy with Jemmy in Chapter 1?
7. Why does the prince refuse to do his lessons?
8. What does the price command Jemmy to do when they are lost?
9. What do the cutthroats want from the prince and Jemmy?
10. Why does Jemmy want to hide in the sewers?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Each chapter in "The Whipping Boy" has a different title that reflects the events of that specific chapter. Choose three chapter titles and explain how each title is appropriate for that chapter's events. How does the chapter's title tell the reader what might happen without giving too much information? For each chapter chosen, write an alternate chapter that explains the events without providing too much information.
Essay Topic 2
Jemmy spends his life in the city sewers before he is turned into the prince's whipping boy. Write a response comparing and contrasting Jemmy's two lives. How is his life in the sewers similar to his life in the castle? How are those two parts of his life different? How does one affect or influence the other? How does Jemmy take knowledge from one situation to another? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.
Essay Topic 3
The two outlaws, Hold-Your-Nose Billy and Cutwater, are central to the story's plot. Write a response describing the two outlaws in both physical appearance and personality. What effect do the outlaws have on the story? How do the outlaws' personalities affect the other characters in the story? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in your response.
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