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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the one character that people in the kingdom sympathize with and do not immediately consider guilty?
(a) Peter.
(b) Flagg.
(c) Roland.
(d) Thomas.

2. How does Flagg deflect suspicion?
(a) By staying constantly at the king's side.
(b) By organizing a search for the guilty party.
(c) By volunteering to be searched.
(d) By weeping uncontrollably.

3. One of the deliverers leaves Peter a note with the second object they delivered. What is in the note?
(a) An admission of guilt from the real murderer.
(b) An expression of belief in the prisoner's innocence.
(c) A warning that the prisoner's life is in danger.
(d) An expression of loyalty from both deliverers.

4. What is one thing even the best magicians cannot do?
(a) Make themselves come back to life.
(b) Make themselves live forever.
(c) Make themselves invisible.
(d) Make themselves invincible.

5. When the court magician is asked to identify the murder weapon, he takes great pains to show its strength. What does he do to prove how deadly it is?
(a) He shows that it can eat through the hardest rock.
(b) He proves that anyone but a magician must handle it with thick gloves and full body armor.
(c) He shows that it can pierce the thickest armor in less than a second.
(d) He throws it on the floor and a fire immediately erupts.

6. What two things does Peter insist in his letter to the Judge-General?
(a) He wants another trial and to see his friends.
(b) He intends to live and he did not kill the king.
(c) He has given up and wants to die soon.
(d) He will do what is necessary to get out and be a good servant to his accuser.

7. What animal is used to help frame Peter for murder?
(a) A bat.
(b) A rat.
(c) A horse.
(d) A mouse.

8. Why is the attempt on the queen's life aborted?
(a) It was likely the king would know who was guilty.
(b) The king found out about the plot against the queen.
(c) The queen found out about the plot against her.
(d) The murderer secretly loved the queen.

9. Why does the king's wife not use the wedding gift?
(a) It does not fit.
(b) She is too old for it.
(c) She is afraid of it.
(d) She does not like it.

10. What one action causes many rumors to begin circulating through the kingdom?
(a) No one is allowed to view the king.
(b) Plans for the coronation are rushed to conclusion.
(c) The royal guard puts on battle dress.
(d) Smoke begins rising from the towers.

11. How does Peter prove that he is the rightful king?
(a) He dons the crown and stands on his balcony for all to see.
(b) He waits until the guard's back is turned and then walks out the door.
(c) He makes demands that only a king could make.
(d) He fights for his rights when he is attacked.

12. Why are many people surprised at Peter's new friendship?
(a) There is a great age difference between Peter and his friend.
(b) He and his friend are from different stations in life.
(c) He and his friend are from different countries.
(d) He and his friend do not speak the same language.

13. When the king becomes ill, which of the following is a symptom?
(a) Foaming at the mouth.
(b) Smoking at the mouth.
(c) Smoking from the eyes.
(d) Smoking from the ears.

14. What is foreshadowed by the aborted murder attempt?
(a) A much larger plot to kill all of the royalty.
(b) One character's ability to get away with murder.
(c) The general dislike of the queen by everyone in the kingdom.
(d) One character's intention to gain control of the kingdom.

15. How is Thomas able to watch another without being noticed?
(a) By taking magic potions.
(b) Through the eyes of a dragon.
(c) By becoming invisible.
(d) Through magic mirrors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are butlers in the castle?

2. Peter sends a note to the Judge-General requesting two things. What are they?

3. What is Dragon Sand?

4. Why is Ben sent to the castle?

5. When a group of men recognize Peter's long-time friend, what happens?

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