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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 the prince decide to do in the beginning of Chapter 3?
2. What does Billy use for ink?
3. How does Billy think the king will find them?
4. What kind of tracks does the tutor compare the prince's knowledge to?
5. How many whipping boys have there already been beginning in Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jemmy sign the ransom note?
2. How does Jemmy get the outlaws to increase their ransom demand?
3. Why does the prince choose Jemmy to join him?
4. How do the boys get lost in the forest?
5. Who do the outlaws decide to send with the ransom note?
6. What do the cutthroats want from the prince and Jemmy?
7. What happens over the year at the prince's lessons?
8. What does the price command Jemmy to do when they are lost?
9. Why is the prince known as Prince Brat?
10. What is Cutwater's concern about the ransom note in Chapter 9?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author uses multiple similes and metaphors as descriptors for both characters and certain situations. Choose three similes and three metaphors used in the book. Identify and explain how these metaphors and similes describe the character or event. How are similes and metaphors useful? With what information do these techniques provide the reader? Be sure to use specific examples from the story in the response.
Essay Topic 2
"The Whipping Boy" takes place during the medieval times, including elements like castles, kings, princes, and other era-appropriate images in the setting. Write a response explaining the importance of the time period and setting on the story. What elements of the story exist merely because the story takes place during this time period? How is the time period important to the story? How are the various settings important to the story's development?
Essay Topic 3
The author uses the literary technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict certain events to come in the story. Explain how the author uses foreshadowing in the story. What specific instances illustrate the foreshadowing technique? What later events do these events foreshadow? How does the use of foreshadowing help the reader understand the story?
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