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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Edward go to a hut where an old man is praying?
(a) Edward is lost in the woods.
(b) Edward is tired and cannot make it all the way to London that night.
(c) Edward wants help fending off Hugo.
(d) Edward sees the King's Guard at the hut.

2. Who flees overseas?
(a) Miles.
(b) Tom Canty's father.
(c) Hugh.
(d) Toffler.

3. What makes the bundle that was stolen valuable?
(a) Ten gold coins.
(b) A gold ring.
(c) A large sapphire.
(d) A dressed pig.

4. Who offers to take the lashes for Edward?
(a) Miles.
(b) A monk.
(c) No one.
(d) The captain of the King's Guard.

5. What is Edward renamed?
(a) King of the Game-Cocks.
(b) King of Nothing the First.
(c) Kin of the Game-Cocks the Third.
(d) King Foo-Foo the First.

6. Mile's younger brother says that he received ______________.
(a) A letter from Miles saying he would not be returning for another year.
(b) A letter from Miles abdicating his title.
(c) A letter from Miles' lawyer.
(d) A letter saying Miles died in battle.

7. The custom for the soon-to-be-crowned king is ________________.
(a) To throw coins to the crowds.
(b) To get off his horse and meet the commoners.
(c) To wear a veil until his crowning.
(d) To give several prisoners pardons.

8. The crowd no longer harasses Miles because ___________.
(a) They are impressed with his bravery.
(b) They now believe that Edward is the King.
(c) They are told to go home.
(d) They hate Hugh and don't want to help Hugh.

9. Tom's mother knows who he is because ____________.
(a) He embraces her and whispers in her ear.
(b) He instinctively puts his hands to his eyes.
(c) He calls out to her.
(d) She recognizes the scar over his eye.

10. Hugo and Edward fight with ____________.
(a) Staves.
(b) Their bare hands.
(c) Knives.
(d) Swords.

11. Why does Miles decide to search for the person in question 169?
(a) He wants to borrow money.
(b) To prove his identity.
(c) To give the person the letter from Edward.
(d) To ask about Hugh.

12. What does the constable force the woman to do?
(a) Give him two of the ten gold coins.
(b) Sell him the pig for the lower price.
(c) Give him the sapphire.
(d) Give him the ring.

13. What does Miles refuse to do?
(a) Divorce Edith.
(b) Leave Hendon Hall.
(c) Kill Hugo.
(d) Allow Edward to leave Hendon Hall.

14. With whom is Edward traveling?
(a) Several of the King's Guard.
(b) Ruffler's outaws.
(c) A monk and priest.
(d) A farmer.

15. What do the guards find on Miles when they arrest him?
(a) A picture of Miles at his country estate.
(b) A letter from Hugh to Sir Marlow.
(c) The letter Edward wrote in several languages.
(d) The letter Edward wrote in royal code.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miles end up in front of the king?

2. Whom does Miles ask to see?

3. What does Miles do in front of the King?

4. How many servants does Tom add to his retinue?

5. Who encourages Tom to smile?

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