Whipping Boy Ch 10

Whipping Boy Ch 10

Multiple Choice

Hold-Your-Nose Billy clapped a leery eye on the rat-catcher's son. "Prince, do you take me for a precious fool! Send your whipping boy!"

Why does Billy think this is a bad idea?

• Billy is afraid they are tricking him and he is suspicious that the whipping boy is not the prince.

• Billy is afraid that the whipping boy will blab the hiding place to the king.

• Billy wanted to be the one to go so he could see the kings face when he read the letter.

• Billy is afraid that the "whipping boy" wont bother delivering the note to the king.

Multiple Choice

"At the first whiff of garlic, it would be off with the head of Hold Your-Nose Billy."

"Unlikely," corrected Jemmy. "True, Papa would have you tortured a mite, to loosen your tongue. But he wouldn't have your head--not Papa. He favors_____

What does Jemmy say the king favors?

• hanging people on the gallows

• shooting people

• throwing people in the dungeon for life

• slow boiling in oil

Multiple Choice

CHAPTER 10 In which Prince Brat lives up to his name

How does the Prince live up to his name?

• He smacks Jemmy for pretending to be him.

• He yells at the cutthroats and make them feed him meat pie.

• He tells them he will not go back to the castle and will not deliver the ransom note.

• He throws a tantrum and screams, stomps his feet, and crosses his arm.