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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who will help Thomas achieve his goal?
(a) Dennis.
(b) Ben.
(c) Peter.
(d) Naomi.
2. What does Dennis use to gain access to the castle?
(a) A laundry chute.
(b) A drain pipe.
(c) A sewer pipe.
(d) A coal chute.
3. Which of the following themes is revealed in Thomas' actions?
(a) Guilt and shame.
(b) Good versus evil.
(c) Man against nature.
(d) Sibling rivalry.
4. Who is the most unlikely person to help the prisoner escape?
(a) The person who imprisoned him.
(b) The person who accused him.
(c) His brother.
(d) His guardian.
5. How is Dennis nearly caught once he enters the castle?
(a) By tripping on the stairs.
(b) By a drunken guard.
(c) By going down the wrong corridor.
(d) By a creaking floorboard.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the first person killed on the night of the escape?
2. How do Peter and his friends get through the West Gate?
3. What is Thomas' goal at the end of the story?
4. What have the prisoner's friends brought with them to help him escape?
5. Why does Dennis tell the Judge-General that he walks so far?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Flagg learn about Peter, and how does he learn it?
2. What is one thing the rescuers and Peter have in common, and what does it foreshadow?
3. How is suspense built into the story as Peter's friends reach the castle and Peter begins his escape?
4. What does the reader know that Dennis does not know to be the reason there are no rats in the sewer pipe?
5. How do Ben and Naomi begin to figure out how Dennis got into the castle?
6. What is suggested by the fact that Peter is allowed back into the castle when he and his friends are stopped by the guard?
7. Why does Flagg not take any action when he gets to Peter's room and finds that Peter is gone?
8. What does Peter find as he is trying to hide his rope, and why is it significant?
9. What leads Dennis to find the note Peter threw?
10. What happens to thwart Flagg's plan to get away with murder?
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