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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bear show Crispin how to do that night at camp?
(a) How to string a bow.
(b) How to set traps.
(c) How to use a slingshot.
(d) How to light a fire.

2. What does Quinel give to the boy?
(a) A silver cross.
(b) A lead cross.
(c) A golden bracelet.
(d) A small book.

3. What do the two men talking about the boy say about the steward?
(a) He is very efficient.
(b) He has restrained Furnival from hurting the village.
(c) He is a corrupt and bad man.
(d) He is a generous person.

4. Why is the man going to his next destination?
(a) To see his girlfriend.
(b) To meet with another man.
(c) To enlist in the army.
(d) To earn some money.

5. What does Crispin decide to do after he escapes his village?
(a) Go to the big city.
(b) Go to his father.
(c) Go to another country.
(d) Talk to the king.

6. What does the man tell Crispin is his name?
(a) Henry.
(b) Orson.
(c) Topper.
(d) Peter.

7. What does Bear say has to happen for a person to have a life?
(a) To have loved on good woman.
(b) To have one good friend.
(c) To ask questions.
(d) To travel to at least three other countries.

8. What does Crispin assume about his father?
(a) That he did not want Crispin's mother.
(b) That he probably raped his mother.
(c) That he is dead.
(d) That he is a criminal.

9. How does the man treat Crispin?
(a) He mocks him and treats him as if Crispin is stupid.
(b) As if Crispin is his younger brother.
(c) Like the son of Lord Furnival.
(d) He ignores him.

10. What does Aycliffe do when he sees the boy?
(a) He throws a rock at him.
(b) He ignores him.
(c) He grabs his arm.
(d) He shouts.

11. What does Bear pretend when looking at Crispin's cross?
(a) That Bear cannot read the words written on it.
(b) That the cross used to belong to Bear.
(c) That Bear cannot touch the cross.
(d) That Bear knows who used to own it.

12. What does the man tell Crispin?
(a) He is Crispin's new lord.
(b) He does not need another mouth to feed.
(c) He will take Crispin as an apprentice.
(d) He is wanted by the law.

13. Why does the boy move towards a clearing?
(a) He thinks he hears Aycliffe.
(b) To see who is talking.
(c) He thinks he hears a wolf.
(d) He needs more light to see where he is.

14. What does the man do to earn a living?
(a) He is a courier.
(b) He is a juggler.
(c) He is a hunter.
(d) He is a blacksmith.

15. How does Crispin feel about being on his own?
(a) Happy.
(b) Tired and frightened.
(c) Excited but wary.
(d) Confident.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bear feel about the laws in the country about animals?

2. How is the boy at the beginning of the book known?

3. What does Crispin try to do when he answers the man?

4. What is a wolf's head?

5. What is the name of the village where the boy lives?

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