The Whipping Boy

Who found the boys lost in the fog?

• Hold-Your-Nose Billy and Cutwater

• The king's soldiers

• Betsy and Petunia

What did the prince threaten to do to the scoundrels?

• Have the king hang the pair in chains

• beat them soundly

• send them to jail

Why do the kidnappers believe Jemmy is the prince?

• He is rude

• He can read and write

• He said he was the prince.

What did the prince pack in the basket?

• fine china, his crown, and food

• food, jewels, and his crown

• food, his crown, and a book

What does Hold-Your-Nose BIlly have Jemmy write the ransom note with?

• a feather and ink

• a feather and beet juice

• a feather and blood

When Jemmy runs away from Cutwater, who does he meet?

• Betsy and Petunia

• Betsy and the Potato Man

• The king and his soldiers

When Prince Brat and Jemmy escape the cottage in the forest, where do they go?

• the castle

• the fair

• a town far away

What did Jemmy plan to do with the birdcage he found?

• carry his possessions in it

• collect rats to sell in it

• give it to Betsy as a gift

When the prince and Jemmy ran from their captors at the fair, where did they go?

• the castle

• the woods

• the sewers

What does the king tell the boys at the end of the story?

• He wants to go with them next time.

• He will order soldiers to guard them day and night so this never happens again.