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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom do when Jane Grey enters the room?

2. What does Tom keep forgetting to do?

3. What is Offal Court like?

4. What does Mrs. Canty think about Edward?

5. Where is Tom escorted after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom do after dinner?

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

3. Describe London in Tom's time. In what area of London does Tom's family live?

4. What is Tom prepared for in Chapter 16? How does he do with the event?

5. What do Hertford and St. John decide individually and together about Tom?

6. What does John Canty do with Edward when he sees him? Who tries to stop him? What does John do to that person?

7. What does Edward see when he wakes in the barn and what do the people talk about?

8. What is Tom doing when the prince first does not return?

9. What do the people in the barn do when Edward tells them he is the king of England?

10. What does Hertford tell the king when Henry awakes? What does the king need to do about it? Why can't Henry do it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom realizes that finding out as much as possible about the criminals' cases is the best way to determine their guilt or innocence. His careful examination of their situation shows that good judgment, and even wisdom, are not the sole province of either royalty or adults. In giving Tom personal knowledge of the man who was accused of murder, Twain shows how wrong justice can be.

1. Do you think it is conceivable that a boy from the slums would have the wisdom to figure out how to look at evidence in a criminal case and render such an astute judgment? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. Do you think there are innocent people in prison in the United States? Explain your reasoning.

3. If Tom had not known personally that the man he saved from execution had a solid alibi, what steps could he have taken to get to the truth of the man's situation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. In your opinion, what are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss The Prince and the Pauper based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if The Prince and the Pauper is a successful novel. Explain your rationale with specific examples.

3. Do you think the fact that The Prince and the Pauper is primarily for entertainment changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Twain uses Chapter 9 to depict the majesty and spectacle of a court pageant. His goals in elaborately describing the pomp and finery of the procession are to impress upon the reader the remarkable esteem in which the future king is held and to make the point that the position itself is, in many ways, more important than the individual who holds it.

1. Discuss what is meant by the above statement.

2. Defend or rebut the following statement: Since it is the position, not the person, that is more important in a monarchy such as in this book, it doesn't matter who becomes a king or queen.

3. How did Tom's short service as the king demonstrate the truth of the above statement? How did it rebut the statement? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

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