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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 Miles do in front of the King?

2. With whom is Edward traveling?

3. Why is Tom filled with remorse?

4. What punishment does Hugh suggest for Edward?

5. Who is arriving at the farm as Edward is leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tom's appearance during the recognition procession. What custom does he follow?

2. Who interrupts the hermit's plans for Edward? How does he miss seeing Edward?

3. What happens when Miles arrives at Edward's side?

4. What happens when Edith comes into the room to see Miles?

5. What do Edward and Miles do when they leave Hendon Hall?

6. What happens when Tom is being crowned?

7. What does Miles do when he and Edward get separated?

8. How has Tom adapted to his role as king?

9. What happens with Hugh Hendon and Edith in the Conclusion?

10. What does the woman in the house think of Edward? What does she ask him to do, and how does he do it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The huge gap between nobility and the peasantry in 16th century England is apparent by simply stating that Tom's family did not welcome his birth, while the entire country rejoiced at the arrival of Prince Edward.

1. Do you think the above statement is true? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. Discuss the implications that exist for a family below the poverty level to add another child to the family.

3. How do you think not being wanted by his parents affected Tom emotionally? Might it have affected him in other ways? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

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

The prince finds that he is in the company of a gang of thieves and beggars, but Twain interjects a note of social concern by having Ruffler discuss farmers who have been forced off their property by landowners eager to enter the more profitable sheep business. One of the men named Yokel describes the oppressive political and economic conditions that forced him into a life of crime.

1. Do you think oppression or economic conditions are justification for resorting to crime? Why or why not? Use examples from The Prince and the Pauper to support your ideas.

2. If a farmer farms another person's land with the agreement that some of his or her harvest will go to the landowner, do you think the landowner has any obligation to maintain that arrangement if the owner decides he/she would rather raise sheep? Why or why not?

3. In the above situation, the farmers are farming land, raising families, and paying for the use of the land. Also, one might suppose they have made improvements on the land. However, the land is owned by another person. Although the life or rights of the farmer means the land stays in farming, the rights of the landowner are trampled if he/she doesn't have the right to do as he/she pleases. Describe how you might solve the situation if you were a judge and this case came to your court.

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