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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 the prince put on the knights' saddles?
(a) Butter.
(b) Wax.
(c) Oil.
(d) Grease.

2. What does Billy's breath smell like?
(a) Fish.
(b) Meat.
(c) Rats.
(d) Garlic.

3. What is moldy in Chapter 6?
(a) The food.
(b) The roof.
(c) The river.
(d) The floor.

4. What does Cutwater find in a stolen coat pocket?
(a) Shoes.
(b) A scrap of paper.
(c) Handkerchiefs.
(d) Combs.

5. What does Billy use for ink?
(a) Beet root juice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Mud.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the cutthroats not do?

2. What does Jemmy call the prince in Chapter 1?

3. The cutthroats ask the prince to do something that he cannot. What is that something?

4. In Chapter 10, how does Billy think people will identify him?

5. What does the prince call the animal the boys are riding?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jemmy tell the outlaws he is writing in the ransom note?

2. How does Jemmy get the outlaws to increase their ransom demand?

3. Why is the prince known as Prince Brat?

4. Why does Billy hesitate in sending the prince (who he thinks is the whipping boy) to deliver the ransom note?

5. When can Jemmy always count on a whipping?

6. What does Cutwater have in his chest?

7. What is the reasoning for the prince's decision in Chapter 3?

8. Why does Billy enjoy eating garlic?

9. What does the prince do while Jemmy writes the ransom note?

10. Why does Jemmy want to hide in the sewers?

(see the answer keys)

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