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

2. What does Jemmy think is his vehicle for escape in Chapter 12?

3. Who takes the horse towards the castle?

4. What name do the boys hear being called in Chapter 14?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the outlaws whip Prince Brat?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Petunia attack the outlaws?

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

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

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

10. Why does Jemmy dismiss himself from the prince's service?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

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 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.

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