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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. Jemmy describes picking up trash to the prince as what?

2. What does the prince promise Jemmy at the end of Chapter 12?

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

4. Who takes the horse towards the castle?

5. What is the prince scared of in the sewers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jemmy start collecting driftwood?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Petunia attack the outlaws?

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

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 is a nickname for Prince Horace. Write a response exploring the prince's nickname. Why do people refer to him as Prince Brat? Explain what he does to deserve that nickname. How does the prince react when he learns people call him Prince Brat? How does this nickname affect the prince's character? Be sure to use specific examples 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

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.

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