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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. What does John demand of Edward when he drags him into the house?
(a) He must share his identity with Tom's mother and sisters.
(b) He must go to his pallet with no dinner.
(c) He must sit in a corner.
(d) He must clean the floor on his hands and knees.

2. What does the messenger say when he arrives?
(a) Riots have broken out in Offal Court.
(b) The king is on his way.
(c) The prince is an impostor.
(d) The king is dead.

3. What happens in Tom's dream about a dwarf?
(a) The dwarf tells him where his mother is staying.
(b) The dwarf shows him where to dig for new pennies.
(c) The dwarf tells him he will be executed.
(d) The dwarf tells him he will be king for a long time.

4. How do Tom's siblings and his mother treat him?
(a) With indifference.
(b) With kindness.
(c) With harshness.
(d) With inconsistency.

5. Where does Miles look for Edward?
(a) East London.
(b) North Hamptom.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Southwark.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom feel about Lady Jane and Lady Elizabeth?

2. What did Henry rename the church where Edward stopped?

3. What does Edward say to Mrs. Canty?

4. What does Tom begin to wonder while waiting for the prince?

5. What keeps John from hurting the prince?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mrs. Canty test Edward to see if he is Tom? What is the result of the test?

2. What does Tom do after dinner?

3. Why does John tell the family they must leave the house? How does Edward finally escape from them?

4. Describe the place where Tom is taken for dinner.

5. What does Canty tell Edward when Hugo leads him to Tom's father?

6. What is the setting of The Prince and the Pauper? What are the circumstances of Tom's birth and Edward's birth?

7. What does Tom do on the first day in which they believe he is the king?

8. Whom is Tom told to see after Lady Jane leaves? What is the result of that meeting?

9. Who arrives at the Guildhall as Hendon takes the prince to safety? What is the result of this arrival?

10. What does Tom do that Edward wouldn't do while eating? How does everyone react?

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