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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 type of animal hide does Cutwater compare the whipping victims?

2. What does Jemmy say the prince has for brains?

3. What tears at the boys' clothes in Chapter 14?

4. What does Billy say he will shake out of the prince?

5. To what animal is Jemmy's running compared in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What changes do the outlaws make in their ransom note delivery plan in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Petunia attack the outlaws?

9. Why do the outlaws whip Prince Brat?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prince Brat experiences many "firsts" in the story as a result of his sheltered life in the castle. Identify and explain the various firsts that Prince Brat experiences throughout the story. How does encountering these firsts affect the prince's character? How is his experience of these firsts different from that of other characters that encountered these events? How does the prince handle each first? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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