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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the murderer guarantee help with the plot to kill the queen?
(a) By buying the favor of the king.
(b) By enlisting the aid of another murderer.
(c) By saving a young man's life.
(d) By acquiring skills in black magic.

2. When Peter's second request is delivered, who does he identify as one of the deliverers?
(a) His attorney.
(b) His brother.
(c) His uncle.
(d) His best friend.

3. Which of the following is the one person who remains loyal to Peter?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Beson.
(c) Ben.
(d) Flagg.

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

5. 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 countries.
(c) He and his friend do not speak the same language.
(d) He and his friend are from different stations in life.

6. The king's adviser suggests that he take the queen's wedding gift away from the one who has found it and is using it. Why does the king not follow this advice?
(a) He realizes it is harmless to allow the gift to be used.
(b) If he stopped anyone from using it, he would not be able to use it himself.
(c) He realizes the gift is broken and useless.
(d) He no longer trusts what anyone says to him.

7. What makes Dragon Sand so dangerous?
(a) He is wild and untamed.
(b) It is highly explosive.
(c) Its walls are crumbling into ruin.
(d) It is lethal to breathe it.

8. Why does the murderer want to kill the queen?
(a) To control the king.
(b) To find a more suitable queen.
(c) To break the chain of command.
(d) To break the king's heart.

9. What causes the king's death?
(a) A fall from his horse.
(b) He is stabbed as he walks in the garden.
(c) He chokes on a morsel of food.
(d) A poisoned glass of wine.

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

11. Why is the Judge-General not allowed to preside over the trial?
(a) He is not a citizen of the kingdom.
(b) He is related to the king.
(c) He will be acting monarch for the duration of the trial.
(d) Everyone knows he has already found Peter guilty.

12. How does Peter meet his best friend?
(a) At a family dinner.
(b) In a three-legged race.
(c) At a function in honor of the king.
(d) In a jousting competition.

13. Why is it important for Peter to follow his mother's instructions?
(a) It will please his father.
(b) It will help him seem less barbaric.
(c) It will give him greater strength.
(d) It will prove he loves her.

14. What does the incident with the horse tell you about Peter?
(a) That he is reliable and responsible.
(b) That he is careless and cruel.
(c) That he is selfish and unreliable.
(d) That he is kind and arrogant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe Roland's wife?

2. Peter is glad for the information, but feels that he must do something about the note. What does he do?

3. What does the king give his wife on their wedding day?

4. In order to get them to behave, mothers tell their children stories about what character?

5. Which of the following is a habit the king enjoys every evening?

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