The Whipping Boy: Comp Check Chs. 19 - 20

Why is Jemmy angry with the prince when he runs away from the fair (at the beginning of Chapter 19)?

• The prince ate all of the boiled potatoes.

• Jemmy is angry because the Prince's decision to run away has put a price on his head.

• The prince told the soldiers that Jemmy was the person that they were looking for.

• The prince shook hands with Jemmy's friend, Smudge.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

How does Prince Brat react to Jemmy's anger?

• The prince tells Jemmy that he is his friend and that he doesn't want to leave him.

• Prince Brat tells Jemmy to leave and never bother him again.

• The prince tells Jemmy that he is right and that he is sorry.

• Prince Brat runs to the sewers to get away from Jemmy.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

How does Jemmy's knowledge of the sewers help save the boys from the outlaws?

• Jemmy knew to avoid the branch of the sewers where the brewery dumped used grain.

• Jemmy was able to find Ol' Johnny Tosher to help him catch rats to sell.

• Jemmy knew where to find mean rats to sell for fighting.

• He helped Prince Brat find the main sewer to hide from Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutwater.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

How does Prince Brat repay Betsy and Captain Nips' kindness while they were running away?

• He provided a royal meal at the castle for them.

• He had the bear declared "the Official Dancing Bear" to the king.

• He planned for them to receive the reward from the king for turning in the whipping boy.

• He had them come to live at the castle with him and Jemmy.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the Prince's condition for Jemmy staying under his protection?

• He will not play anymore pranks on the knights.

• He will learn to read and write.

• He never run away from the castle again.

• He will blow out his night candle, behave himself, and do his lessons.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

Which of the following is evidence that Prince Brat and Jemmy's relationship has changed?

• "You are placed under the prince's protection under one condtion," reported the king.

• "I wish I was like you. You're not afraid of anything," muttered the prince.

• "They'll see us against daylight before we can get out," said Jemmy.

• "Where will you hide for the rest of your life? In the sewers? I'd have them searched, end to end," responded the prince.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.7.3

What are the nouns in the following sentence?

Standing in the clear sunshine, the prince breathed in the sweet, fresh air.

• clear sundshine, sweet, fresh air

• the, clear, sweet, fresh

• sunshine, prince, air

• standing and breathed

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What are the ADJECTIVES in the following sentence?

He'd seen the scary outlaws stow away aboard a large ship raising its sails for a long voyage.

• the, scary, a, large, long

• he'd, its

• outlaws, ship, sails, voyage

• scary, outlaws, a, large, ship

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What are the PREPOSTIONS in the following sentence?

It was a convict ship bound for a speck of an island in distant waters.

• for, of, in

• it, a, for, in

• ship, bound, of, distant

• it, a, for, in, of

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which of the following sentences are capitalized and punctuated correctly?

• "What are you talking about?" asked Captain Nips.

• "who are you to command anything," asked betsy.

• "Turn jemmy in? I'll do no such thing"

• The king announced "you ought to be whipped."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3