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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is revealed to Thomas that satisfies his urge to know more?
(a) Secret passages to the outside.
(b) Magic potions.
(c) Secret hiding places.
(d) Magic mirrors.

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

3. 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 pierce the thickest armor in less than a second.
(b) He shows that it can eat through the hardest rock.
(c) He proves that anyone but a magician must handle it with thick gloves and full body armor.
(d) He throws it on the floor and a fire immediately erupts.

4. What action causes the Judge-General to assume Peter is guilty?
(a) He has no alibi.
(b) He confesses.
(c) He will not answer.
(d) He bursts into tears.

5. How do Ben's parents feel about his relationship with Peter?
(a) They are proud.
(b) They are unconcerned.
(c) They do not meddle in their son's business.
(d) They are frightened.

6. How does Thomas react when he feels neglected by his father?
(a) He decides to run away from home.
(b) He plans to kill his brother.
(c) He stones a dog to death.
(d) He tries harder to win his father's approval.

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

8. Who assists the murderer in killing the queen?
(a) The queen's midwife.
(b) The queen's best friend.
(c) The queen's son.
(d) The queen's husband.

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

10. Which character is most pleased about the king's illness and death?
(a) Peter.
(b) Flagg.
(c) Roland.
(d) Thomas.

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

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

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

14. What is used in an aborted plot to kill the queen?
(a) Food laced with arsenic.
(b) A poisoned dart.
(c) Poison from a deadly spider.
(d) Fermented brandy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reaction does Peter have when the first of the items he requested is delivered?

2. How does the murderer guarantee help with the plot to kill the queen?

3. Which of the following is a prominent theme in this story?

4. What is it that Thomas feels guilty about, but is not responsible for?

5. Which of the following best describes Thomas?

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