Cue For Treason - Quiz #1 (Chapters 1-16)
After reading chapters 1-16, answer the questions here to check your understanding of the story's events, characters, setting, etc.
- 1.Please type your first and last names in the space below.
- 2.The protagonist's name is Peter Brownrigg.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The Brownrigg, Bell, and Atkinson families had been farming in the North of England for many, many generations.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The knight who arrived in Cumberland, who showed "that he wasn't a soft young man" is named Sir Philip Morton.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.To show off his power to the others, Sir Philip put up a wall around the "common land" down in the valley, the land that has been shared "since time immemorial."
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.The words "dale", "valley", and "meadow" are words that refer to bodies of water.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Peter warned the men working to take down the wall by yelling at them.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8."Then tempted by some devil [he] couldn't resist," Peter threw a rock at Sir Philip, hitting him square in the head.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Peter lost a shoe as he retreated from his lookout position.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Who wrote Cue for Treason?
- A.
Geoffrey Trease
- B.
William Shakespeare
- C.
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe
- D.
Sir Richard Burbage
- 11.Which of the following options is *NOT* part of Kit's secrets?
- A.
In Kit Kirkstone's case, Kit is not short for Christopher.
- B.
Kit stands to inherit a great deal of money and land.
- C.
Kit is afraid of public speaking.
- D.
Sir Philip wanted to marry Kit.
- 12.How does Peter escape from Sir Philip at the play in Penrith?
- A.
Peter leaves the play and runs out of town.
- B.
Peter hides in an empty trunk.
- C.
Peter takes a role on stage.
- D.
Peter pretends to be one of the acting troupe's horse drivers.
- 13.Who said, "If you make a sound, I'll stick this knife in you!"?
- A.
Tom Brownrigg
- B.
Sir Philip Morton
- C.
Kit Kirkstone
- D.
Mr. Desmond
- 14.Throughout the story, Peter takes on all of these roles *except*...
- A.
Assassin
- B.
Secret agent
- C.
Stage actor
- D.
Lookout
- 15.When performing Romeo and Juliet, Kit is set to perform the role of Juliet, but...
- A.
At the last minute, she gets stage fright.
- B.
She begs Peter to switch roles with her.
- C.
She forgets all her lines and Shakespeare is furious.
- D.
She runs away, telling Peter that she can't go out there.
- 16.Peter takes the role of Juliet and upon arriving on stage, sees ______________ in the crowd.
- A.
Kit's mother
- B.
Kit's father
- C.
Sir Philip Morton
- D.
Queen Elizabeth
- 17.Who saves Kit from Burbage's "thrashing"?
- A.
Peter
- B.
Sir Philip Morton
- C.
William Shakespeare
- D.
Mr. Desmond
- 18.What term is used for someone who steals the play of another playhouse in order to perform it before the original troupe?
- A.
A playhouse pilferer
- B.
A playhouse pirate
- C.
A playhouse pranker
- D.
A playhouse prisoner
- 19.Which man borrowed the play Henry the Fifth from Peter, and then denied doing so?
- A.
The town sheriff
- B.
Sir Philip Morton
- C.
The Yellow Gentleman
- D.
Richard Burbage
- 20.How did Peter get into the house of the play stealer?
- A.
From a boat, he climbed up the side of the house, using daggers as footholds.
- B.
He used a grappling hook and swung it into a window.
- C.
He dressed up as a woman and knocked on the front door.
- D.
He climbed up a big tree, then made his way down the roof, and swung himself into a window.
- 21.When Peter drew the men's attention to the boat outside the Yellow Gentleman's house, what did he do to get them to leave him alone?
- A.
He told them he was just repairing some bricks.
- B.
He made the sounds of lovers necking in the dark.
- C.
He made himself flat against the wall, hiding in the darkness.
- D.
He said, "Thanks for the script," and rowed away as fast as he could.
- 22.What was different about the scripts that Peter and Kit had retrieved from the pirate's house?
- A.
Someone had changed the title of the play.
- B.
It had been copied 26 times.
- C.
A sonnet had been added to the play.
- D.
Half the play was missing.
- 23.What was the message hidden in the sonnet?
- A.
Send news by owl
- B.
Send news by Snapchat
- C.
Send news by reel
- D.
Send news by peel
- 24.After getting the sonnet to Sir Joseph Williams and Sir Robert Cecil, what new jobs are Kit and Peter given?
- A.
Messengers
- B.
Secret agents
- C.
Horsemen
- D.
Bodyguards
- 25.Where do Kit, Peter, and Tom Boyd stay on their cross-country trip to the peel tower?
- A.
Stronghold
- B.
Peter's family home
- C.
Kit's family home
- D.
An abandoned church
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