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Whipping Boy

Authored by Bridget Laswell

English

3rd - 5th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 5+ times

Whipping Boy
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why was Jemmy chosen as the Prince's Whipping Boy?

He was a big boy so the whipping wouldn't hurt.

He was a small boy so the whipping would hurt worse.

He wanted to live in the castle so he volunteered.

He was plucked from the streets because he was an orphan.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was one reason that Jemmy was whipped?

The Prince refused to do his lessons or learn anything.

The Prince stole a horse in the middle of the night and ran off alone.

The Prince hit his father across the face with a board.

The Prince threw all the food off the table when he did not like what the cook had prepared.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Prince decide he wanted to run away?

He wanted to go hang out with his friends outside the castle.

He was bored in the castle.

He hated the food in the castle.

He hated his family and wanted a new one.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Before Jemmy was the Whipping Boy, what did he and his father do for a living?

Sold potatoes on the roadsides.

Traveled with the fair.

Caught rats in the sewers and sold them.

They worked for a carpenter.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Jemmy know that Hold-Your-Nose Billy was a murderer when he had never met him before?

He was wearing the typical clothes of a murderer.

Jemmy had heard songs about him before.

He told Jemmy and the Prince as soon as he met them.

Cutwater told the boys.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did the two outlaws think that Jemmy was actually the prince?

Jemmy spoke much more intelligently than the Prince.

Jemmy wore fine, royal clothing and the Prince wore rags.

Jemmy was clean and the Prince was dirty.

Jemmy could read and write and the Prince could not.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.2.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote the ransom note that was supposed to be sent to the castle?

Jemmy

Prince Brat

Billy

Cutwater

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

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