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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 happens when Rosamund tells Buggerless that she feels much safer?
(a) He sees his brothers being attacked.
(b) He sees his father killed.
(c) He sees his brothers chasing Pa.
(d) He sees Pa with the crown.

2. What does Manure complain about in regards to Pa?
(a) His need for better clothes.
(b) The type of language he uses.
(c) His lack of appropriate manners.
(d) How bad he smells.

3. What does Ma tell Pa about his thoughts?
(a) She says he should relax.
(b) She says he blew their plans.
(c) She says that the king knows of their plan.
(d) She says he is stupid.

4. What does the king do for Pa?
(a) Makes him a duke.
(b) Makes him a member of the court.
(c) Makes him a count.
(d) Makes him an offer of more land.

5. What does Pa make all of the participants do before they leave?
(a) Sign a confession that they were helping him.
(b) Swear an oath of loyalty to him.
(c) Review the details of the plan.
(d) Promise not to speak to anyone else about the plan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the parade?

2. What does Pa do first to get rid of all of the guests except the captain?

3. What does Buggerless do right after he witnesses the attack?

4. How does Ma feel about her actions and success at convincing Pa to follow her plan?

5. In what way is Pa violent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Manure convince Pa to have the feast and distribute the money?

2. What news does the messenger bring to Ma and Pa and how does Pa react to the message?

3. What are Ma and Pa preparing for and what does Pa joke about?

4. After the storm what is brought and what does Ma talk about?

5. What happens when Pa realizes that the angel is Ma?

6. Why had the king called Pa to his throne room?

7. What can be said about the language that the characters of this novel use?

8. Where does Pa go to confront Manure and what does he brag about?

9. How does Pa react to the king's offer and what does he give the king?

10. As Pa is leading the army on a march to Russia what is he complaining about?

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