The False Prince

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. At the orphanage, what item does Mrs. Turbeldy chastise Sage for stealing?

2. What does Latamer keep doing that shows Sage and the other boys that he is sickly?

Multiple Choice

1. When Latamer tells Conner that he is not physically well enough to carry on with the mission, how does Conner respond?

A) Conner provides Latamer with a horse and tells him to find his own way home.

B) Conner angrily tells Latamer that he must join the mission.

C) Conner orders Cregan to shoot Latamer dead with an arrow.

D) Conner turns to a nearby healer, who will make Latamer well.

2. In describing the mission for the boys, Conner says that he needs one of them to conduct “the greatest ______ ever perpetrated within the country of Carthya.”

A) fraud

B) heist

C) jamboree

D) robbery

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

Why does Conner quiz the boys about their knowledge of Carthyan lore at the end of Chapter 5? What does this foreshadow?

Chapters 6-10

Reading Check

1. Conner tells the boys that the capital of Carthya lies to the south. What is the name of the capital city?

2. What is the name of Conner’s estate?

Multiple Choice

1. What was Sage supposed to be doing when he snuck out to survey Farthenwood?

A) eating dinner

B) tidying up his room

C) taking a bath

D) resting in bed

2. What is the main reason Conner needs to trick the royal court into believing that he’s found Prince Jaron?

A) The remaining royal family (King Eckbert, Queen Erin, and Price Darius) are actually all dead, unbeknownst to the kingdom.

B) Prince Jaron had always favored Conner, and Conner wants to keep an ally in the royal court.

C) King Eckbert and Queen Erin are making bad judgements in the kingdom due to their intense grief over their missing son.

D)  Conner wants to prove to the royal court that he is capable of tricking them, and then he will help to resolve their security issues.

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

How did Conner decide that each of the boys could potentially be a convincing impersonator of Prince Jaron?

Chapters 11-15

Reading Check

1. What does Mott give to Sage in Chapter 11?

2. Why did Imogen come to Farthenwood to become a servant?

Multiple Choice

1. What covert plan does Sage propose to Tobias and Roden to avoid participating in Conner’s scheme?

A) The boys should flee Farthenwood together under a cover of darkness.

B) The boys should assassinate Conner using Cregan’s bow and arrow.

C) The boys should band together and refuse to join Conner’s scheme.

D) The boys should turn Cregan against Conner and convince him to be their ally.

2. What skill does Sage tell Cregan that he is better at, to taunt him?

A) horseback riding

B) archery

C) spear fishing

D) sword fighting

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

When Sage is tossed from his horse in Chapter 15, who comes to rescue him and what does it imply about their relationship?

Chapters 16-20

Reading Check

1. For what negative quality does Conner say the servant girl Imogen has a reputation?

2. What happens to Sage when he returns to his room after sneaking out at night to explore Farthenwood again?

Multiple Choice

1. What does Sage ask Imogen for in Chapter 16?

A) a rope

B) a fork

C) a needle and thread

D) a glass of water

2. What precious object, owned by Conner, suddenly goes missing from Farthenwood?

A) Prince Jaron’s sword

B) a satchel of gold necklaces

C) an ancient Carthyan vase

D) King Eckbert’s royal robe

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

What does Sage stumble upon in Conner’s bedroom, and how does it help his immediate problem in Chapter 20?

Chapters 21-24

Reading Check

1. What precious object, owned by Sage, suddenly goes missing from his pocket?

2. What happens to Sage in Conner’s dungeon in Chapter 22?

Multiple Choice

1. Who visits Sage in the dungeon, bringing him a flask of water and a warm roll?

A) Tobias

B) Roden

C) Mott

D) Imogen

2. Conner finds a paper among Sage’s possessions at Farthenwood that displeases and alarms him. What is the document?

A) It is a map from Prince Jaron, saying that he is alive and hiding on an island in the Eranbole Sea.

B) It is a detailed plan to kill Conner and overtake the throne of Carthya.

C) It is a love letter from Imogen, who wants Sage to run away with her.

D) It is a sketch of Conner, sleeping in his bed.

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

What does Sage’s refusal to give up his piece of gold, whether it is real or fake, demonstrate about his character?

Chapters 25-30

Reading Check

1. Whom does Sage have tend to his wounded back?

2. Which of the boys is angry at Sage at the end of Chapter 26 because Conner warns that Sage might end up as his choice for Prince Jaron?

Multiple Choice

1. What is the surprise lesson that the boys receive in Chapter 27?

A) metalworking lessons

B) dancing lessons

C) tightrope walking lessons

D) cooking lessons

2. What special guest makes an appearance at Farthenwood that evening?

A) Princess Amarinda

B) Mrs. Turbeldy

C) King Eckbert

D) Queen Erin

3. Whom does Sage unexpectedly encounter in the secret passageways of Farthenwood?

A) Conner, who drags Sage out into the light

B) Tobias, who slashes Sage with a knife

C) Mott, who says he’s ready to pledge his full allegiance to Sage

D) Imogen, who implores Sage to run away with her

Short-Answer Response

Answer the following question in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

How do Sage, Tobias, and Roden disguise themselves from Princess Amarinda? Why must they conceal their identities?

Chapters 31-40

Reading Check

1. Where is the dinner with Princess Amarinda held?

2. How does Conner respond when Sage asks what would happen to the boy who is selected if the real Prince Jaron is actually alive?

3. Who sent a letter to Conner, saying that he heard a rumor that Prince Jaron may still be alive?

4. What heroic actions of Mott’s create an alibi for Sage to explain why one of Veldergrath’s men was killed?

Multiple Choice

1. What does the last known picture of Prince Jaron look like?

A) It is a rural pastoral scene, with Prince Jaron petting a lamb in a Carthyan field.

B) It portrays Prince Jaron in battle, sword fighting with an unknown enemy of the kingdom.

C) It shows Prince Jaron kneeling at the feet of his father, King Eckbert.

D) It is a depiction of Prince Jaron with a mischievous smile, standing alongside a tall hedge.

2. What does Veldergrath claim has been stolen from King Eckbert’s residence, suggesting that Conner may have been the one to steal it?

A) a box covered in emeralds

B) a box covered in rubies

C) a box covered in diamonds

D) a box covered in pearls

3. As Veldergrath ransacks Farthenwood for the stolen item, what do the boys decide they need to do?

A) gather weapons and stash them in the secret passageway

B) find poison, so they can poison Conner

C) go back to their bedroom to collect papers which will reveal Conner’s plan

D) flee Farthenwood and all of Carthya, never to return

4. What significant admission does Sage make to Conner about the competition to become Prince Jaron?

A) He nominates Roden to be Prince Jaron, since he thinks Roden would be the best boy for the job.

B) He thinks he knows where the real Prince Jaron can be found.

C) He does not think that he can be Prince Jaron, because he cannot tell a lie of that magnitude.

D) He is exhausted, and he needs to withdraw from the competition.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What important promise does Roden make to Tobias and Sage?

2. What trick can Sage do that astounds Conner? Why is it significant?

Chapters 41-54

Reading Check

1. What is the name of the horse Sage rides to Drylliad?

2. Before she was queen, what was Queen Erin’s profession?

3. What does Mott believe he knows about Sage, without Sage having to tell him?

4. Who has to sleep in the carriage, when the group arrives at the inn?

5. What does Sage secretly give to Tobias in the carriage from the inn to Drylliad?

Multiple Choice

1. Where are Imogen and Sage as Imogen tells him they can no longer continue their relationship when Sage assumes the throne at Drylliad?

A) by the bank of a river

B) on the ledge of a window

C) hidden in a closet

D) in the cellar

2. On the morning of the presentation ceremony at Drylliad, where Sage will be presented to the court as Prince Jaron, how does Conner wake him up?

A) by dumping water on his head

B) by throwing a pebble at him

C) by kicking him

D) by yelling his name loudly

3. When Conner takes a knife to Sage’s throat just before the presentation ceremony, what does Conner tell Sage he must do as his first act when he officially becomes Prince Jaron?

A) forget Imogen forever, because the relationship with her will reveal Sage’s identity

B) hand over to Conner at least four hundred pounds of royal gold stored in Drylliad

C) eject Veldergrath from the king’s court and install Conner as the prime regent

D) pass a law that gives Farthenwood immunity in any legal dispute

4. What does Sage’s royal garb look like for the presentation ceremony?

A) a long black tunic with a gold satin ribbon running from his chest to the bottom hem

B) a short black tunic with a red cotton ribbon running from hist chest to the bottom hem

C) a long red tunic with a green satin ribbon running from his chest to the bottom hem

D) a long purple tunic with a blue cotton ribbon running from his chest to the bottom hem

5. What unexpected event occurs on the ride from the inn to Drylliad?

A) The carriage is attacked by the Drylliad army.

B) Sage faints from excitement.

C) Roden attempts a coup, demonstrating he will kill Sage to become Prince Jaron.

D) Conner says he wants to cancel the plan so that none of the boys will be installed as Prince Jaron.

Short-Answer Response

Answer each of the following questions in a complete sentence or sentences. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is the reason that King Eckbert tells Jaron to remain missing, and to shed his identity as Prince forever?

2. Who is Joth Kerwyn and why is he an important figure to Drylliad?

3. Why does the fool’s gold that Sage was careful to keep safe from Conner turn out to be significant?

4. Why is it important that Sage promotes Conner to Prime Regent before charging him with a series of crimes?