Chapters 1-17
Tudor England
Characters
Vocabulary
Edward & Tom
100

What is the name of the poor boy who is born on the same day as Prince Edward?

Who is Tom Canty?

100

What country is the story primarily set in?

What is England?

100

Who is the Prince of Wales?

Who is Edward Tudor?

100

What word means a king or queen?


What is sovereign?

100

Who has grown up surrounded by wealth and servants?

Who is Edward?

200

What does Tom dream about having that he does not have as a poor boy?

What is a life of wealth and royalty?

200

Who is the king of England at the beginning of the story?


Who is King Henry VIII?

200

Who is Tom Canty's abusive father?

Who is John Canty?

200

What word means a command or official order from a ruler?

What is decree?

200

Who has grown up experiencing hunger, poverty, and abuse?


Who is Tom?

300

Where do Tom and Edward first meet?

What is outside/near the palace at Westminster?

300

What was the social class of people who lived in poverty and had very little power?

What is the lower/poor class?

300

Who is Tom's kind and loving mother?


Who is Anne Canty?

300

What word means to take someone's position or power illegally?

What is usurp?

300

What important similarity do Edward and Tom share?


What is their physical appearance?

400

Why does Edward invite Tom into the palace?


What is because he feels sorry for Tom and wants to help him?

400

Why was being born into a royal family so important in Tudor England?

What is your birth determined your social position, power, wealth, and opportunities?

400

Who is Miles Hendon?

Who is a gentleman who becomes Edward's protector and friend?

400

What word means humiliation or loss of dignity?

What is indignity?

400

How does Edward begin to understand the lives of poor people?

What is he experiences poverty firsthand after being mistaken for Tom?

500

What happens when Tom and Edward exchange clothes?


What is they look so much alike that people mistake Tom for Edward and Edward for Tom?

500

What system divided Tudor society into different levels based on wealth, power, and social position?

What is the social hierarchy/class system?

500

Which character continues to treat Tom as the king even though Tom knows he is actually a pauper?

Who is Hugh Hendon?

500

What word means the quality of being worthy of respect or honor?

What is dignity?

500

How does switching clothes affect the boys' understanding of each other's lives?

What is it forces each boy to experience a completely different social position and helps them understand the unfairness of their society?