The Whipping Boy

Chapters 1-4

Reading Check

1. Rat-catcher (Chapter 2)

2. Master Peckwit (Chapter 2)

Short Answer

1. Prince Horace becomes annoyed when Jemmy doesn’t cry out because he is amused by watching people with less power suffer. (Chapter 1)

2. Prince Horace allegedly decides to run away because he is bored with life in the castle. (Chapter 3)

Chapters 5-8

Reading Check

1. Hold-Your-Nose-Billy (Chapter 5)

2. The king’s crest on the saddle (Chapter 5)

3. Beet juice (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. The hut is decrepit and isolated, creating a foreboding atmosphere. (Chapter 6)

2. Prince Horace packed fancy foods and elegant silverware, which is all impractical outside of the palace. (Chapter 6)

3. Prince Horace ignores Jemmy’s attempt to trick the criminals and insists on asserting his true identity. (Chapter 7)

Chapters 9-12

Reading Check

1. The golden crown (Chapter 10)

2. Under a pile of straw (Chapter 12)

3. Beet juice (Chapter 7)

Short Answer

1. Prince Horace keeps asserting his identity, rather than playing along with Jemmy’s plan and pretending to be a servant. (Chapter 11)

2.