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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 is Jenny Fleming?
(a) O'LiamRoe's niece.
(b) The French King's mistress.
(c) Queen Mary's governess.
(d) The Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting.

2. Lymond wants to know if it is he or ______________ who Pierre is trying to kill.
(a) O'LiamRoe.
(b) The Dowager Queen.
(c) The King.
(d) Queen Mary.

3. Mary de Guise is about to sail to which country?
(a) Scotland.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Spain.

4. How does Robin Stewart think that Thady should feel about his evening with the King?
(a) Victorious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Embarrassed.
(d) Frightened.

5. O'LiamRoe learns that the French court is planning to make a fool out of O'LiamRoe by ____________________.
(a) Making him sing in front of the court.
(b) Rescinding the King's invitation at the last minute.
(c) Making him sit with the children during dinner.
(d) Trying to convince him that the King's double is actually the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT something that the Queen Mother wants?

2. Who is Master Thady Boy Ballagh?

3. Who asks Oonagh if she loves him?

4. Crawford of Lymond is actually __________________.

5. What does Thady wear to have dinner with the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Tom Erskine let slip about the Queen Mother?

2. What life-threatening secret is Lymond forced to keep as he performs and entertains at court one night?

3. For whom has Lymond been mistaken and how does this complicate Lymond's life?

4. How does the steeplechase end?

5. In what way does Robin Stewart stand up to John Stewart?

6. What clue is left behind by the person who had set fire to O'LiamRoe's bed?

7. What role does Thady take on at the French court as it moves from one destination to another?

8. What is the significance of the riddle at the beginning of the chapter referring to bees living in the trees of royalty?

9. What are the Queen Mother's plans for her and Queen Mary's future? How do many people at court feel about the plans?

10. What happens for Thady that lets him know his plans may begin?

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