The Whipping Boy

Why did the prince first think Jemmy was the worst whipping boy?

• Jemmy's wounds healed quickly.

• Jemmy never yelped or bawled when whipped.

• Jemmy's back was already full of scars.

• Master Pickwick liked Jemmy so he didn't whip him hard.

Why did Billy think that Jemmy was really the prince?

• Jemmy could write and the other boy could not.

• The crown fit better on Jemmy's head than on the other boys.

• The other boy ate the herring and Jemmy would not.

• Jemmy had been riding the horse when Billy first saw him.

After Jimmy wrote the ransom note Billy told him to ________.

• press his thumb into the ink and then onto the note.

• cut off a lock of his hair and put it inside the note.

• read it backward from bottom to top.

• stuff it into the glove.

What did Jemmy suggest after the prince refused to deliver the note?

• Jemmy could leave the note near the soldier’s quarters.

• Jemmy would flag down a traveler on the way to the fair

• The rogues should use the horse as a messenger

• Billy could wear a disguise to deliver the note.

When Cutwater came in to tie up the boys, Prince Brat _______.

• kicked him in the shins.

• gave him Jemmy's piece of apple tart.

• said that Jemmy was under the straw

•  jumped onto his back and hit him on the head.

What did Jemmy find that would help him go into business?

•  a stray cat

• a large tin cup

• an old horse whip

•  a battered bird cage

Where did the rogues find Jemmy and the prince after the boys first escaped?

•  in the stable on a farm

•  at the milk lady stand at the fair

•  in the Hot Potato man's coach

• in Petunia's cage

After the boys ran into Smudge, what did the prince do for the first time?

•  he shook hands

• he flipped a coin

• he cracked a whip over his head

•  he wore a hat

Billy realized that Jemmy was not the prince when Billy ________.

•  watched Jemmy hug his father at the fair

• noticed Jemmy nimbly climb a tree with Smudge

• heard a rat catcher talking to Jemmy in the sewer

• saw the gold medallion around the prince’s neck

After the boys returned to the castle, the king did all of these EXCEPT _____.

• announced that Betsy and Captain Nips would get the reward

• place Jemmy under the prince's protection under one condition

• allow Betsy to attend lessons with Jemmy and the prince

•  agreed to make Petunia his Official Dancing Bear