The Pincer and the Pauper

Chapters 1-4

1. The scene is in _______________; the time is an ______________ day.

2. The Cantys are very _________ and the Tudors are very ___________.

3. _____________lies in his crib in his silks and satins; ___________lies in rags.

4. Tom’s __________ and __________ are thieves and beggars; they are also often drunk and violent.

5. ________ invites Tom onto the royal grounds.

6. ________ teaches Tom to read and write. (Also, some Latin)

7. At Christ’s Hospital, what does the prince announce to the children, dressed as apprentices, playing in the yard?

8. Everyone who has met the prince outside the palace walls believes_________________.

9. Who is Tom Canty?

10. Who is Edward Tudor?


Chapters 5-8

1. The King acts as though Tom is Edward and treats him kindly and with concern because he feels his son has gone __________.

2. His knowledge of ______________ is proof enough for the royal family to believe that he is Edward.

3. Tom feels terribly guilty about the impending death of the great ______ of ___________.

4. Tom begins to receive instructions on the appropriate behavior of a prince; he learns to make a proper gesture of _____________

5. The king has commanded Edward to disguise all signs of his ______________.

6. Briefly the Lord Hertford considers the possibility that perhaps the lad is __________ the prince.

7. Tom discovers to his amazement that the prince has over ___________ additional servants to wait on him.

8. Tom wonders momentarily if there might be an official “______________”; fearing that
there might indeed be such a personage, he is afraid to scratch his nose, in spite of his discomfort.

9. What is Tom immediately sent to fetch?

10. Usually, Mark Twain ‘s novels have strong character development but The Prince and the Pauper ‘s is in the _______________.