Events
About Tom
About Edward
Side Characters
Quotes
100

Where and when does this book take place?

the mid 1500s in London, England

100

At the beginning of the novel, what one desire haunts Tom day and night?

To see a prince

100

Who finally believe Edward is the true king?

The two girls in the barn

100

What does Tom's father do for a living?

He is a thief

100

Who says, "bring me Norfolk’s doom before the sun rises” and why?

King Henry VIII because he wants the duke out of the way before he dies

200

What religion does King Henry VIII change FROM and TO? Why?

FROM Catholic TO Protestant so that he can divorce his wife

200

How much time passes before Tom is bored with the prince’s things and has a change in mood?

30 minutes

200

After hearing of his father's death, what does Edward plan to do?

Go back to the palace and denounce Tom

200

What is Humphrey Marlowe's job at the palace

He is the whipping boy.

200

Why does the earl say, “History will remember to the honor of your royal house"?

Tom abolished the practice of boiling people alive

300

Do the band of thieves consider themselves to be loyal subjects to the king? Why? 

Yes because they drink to the king's health. 

300

Tom’s first declaration as king is what?

The Duke of Norfolk will not die!

300

What causes the widow to think Edward is a cook’s assistant?

He seems to know a lot about different kinds of food.

300

What does Hendon ask of Edward as a favor and WHY?

For he and his descendants to sit in the presence of the king because he's tired!

300

Who is this quote talking about? 

"This good woman was made happy all the day long by the applauses she got out of herself for her magnanimous condescension to a tramp; and the king was just as self-complacent over his gracious humility toward a humble peasant woman."

The woman that Edward stayed with for a time and Edward himself

400

What is the turning point or climax of the novel?

When Edward appears on the coronation stage to claim his rights

400

What does Tom suggest as a solution when he hears that the household is in debt?

Move to a smaller house with less servants

400

What languages could Edward speak? You must name them all. 

Greek, Latin, French, and English

400

Why does Lord Hertford accuse St. John of committing treason?

St. John begins to suspect that Tom isn't the real prince

400

Who says "a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart"? Who does he say it about?

Edward about the boys who are rude to him at the church

500

Explain at least one example of each type of irony—verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony—from the novel.

Tom wanting to be a prince but then feeling trapped

The woman thinking she is humbling herself to be with Edward while he is thinking the same thing

Tom wanting to be rich but then feeling happy in his dream of having little

Miles getting in trouble for helping the real king

500

Name all the members in Tom's family with the ages (if they are stated in the book)

Mother, father, Granny Canty, Nan and Bet (15 year old twins)

500

Give the succession of kings/queens that comes after King Henry the VIII dies IN ORDER

King Edward VI, Queen Jane (9 days), Queen Mary (Bloody Mary), Queen Elizabeth I

500

Why does the hermit decide to kill Edward?

The hermit hates Henry VIII and finds out Edward is his son. 

500

Who says, "Now is my evil luck ended at last, for I shall dangle at a rope's end for a certainty, by reason of that bit of writing. And what will become of my poor lad!—ah, only the good God knoweth"?

Miles Hendon as he is expecting to die