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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 type of streets does the city have?

2. What is the young woman in the forest carrying in Chapter 14?

3. Where is the young girl in the forest going?

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

5. Jemmy is described as a what of the streets in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Jemmy start collecting driftwood?

8. Why does Jemmy hide in the pile of potatoes?

9. Why is Jemmy sure the king will not pay the ransom?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The author uses multiple similes and metaphors as descriptors for both characters and certain situations. Choose three similes and three metaphors used in the book. Identify and explain how these metaphors and similes describe the character or event. How are similes and metaphors useful? With what information do these techniques provide the reader? 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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