Chapter XXV. Hendon Hall. Practice Quiz — The Prince and the Pauper
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Practice Quiz: Chapter XXV. Hendon Hall.
What does Edward wear during the journey to Hendon Hall?
A second-hand suit that Hendon had bought on London Bridge, replacing his rags.
Why does Hendon plan to travel at an easy pace?
He believes rest, regularity, and moderate exercise will help cure the boy's "crazed mind," while hard journeys and irregular meals would worsen it.
How does Hendon serve Edward at the inn during their journey?
He stands behind Edward's chair while he dines, waits upon him, undresses him for bed, then sleeps on the floor across the doorway rolled in a blanket.
What happened when Hendon returned to the hermit's hut looking for Edward?
The old hermit ("archangel") had led Hendon on a fool's journey through the forest, then returned to the hut broken-hearted, claiming he expected to find the boy resting there.
How does Hendon describe his family home?
A house with seventy rooms, twenty-seven servants, and a park — he calls it "a brave lodging."
What landmarks does Hendon point out as they pass through the village?
The church covered in ivy, the Red Lion inn, the market-place, the Maypole, and the pump.
What is Hendon's attitude toward his brother Hugh during the journey?
He is so glad-hearted that he is able to say "gentle and brotherly things about Hugh" — ironic given Hugh's later betrayal.
How does Hugh initially react when Miles bursts in and greets him?
He betrays momentary surprise, then draws back with offended dignity that shifts to "marvelling curiosity, mixed with a real or assumed compassion."
What does Hugh claim about Miles's identity?
He says a letter came from overseas six or seven years ago reporting that his brother Miles had died in battle.
What has happened to Miles's father, Sir Richard Hendon?
He is dead. Hugh tells Miles, "One may not call the dead."
What has happened to Miles's brother Arthur?
Arthur is also dead. Miles laments, "The worthy taken and the worthless spared, in me!"
How many of the original servants remain at Hendon Hall, and what does Miles think of them?
Only five remain — Peter, Halsey, David, Bernard, and Margaret. Miles calls them "the five arch-villains" who survived while the twenty-two loyal servants are gone.
What is the shocking revelation about Edith?
Hugh reveals that Edith is now his wife, meaning Hugh stole Miles's intended bride along with his inheritance.
How does Edith physically react when she hears Miles's voice?
She starts slightly, her cheeks flush, and she trembles — all signs that she does recognize him despite what she is about to say.
What does Edith say when asked if she knows Miles?
"I know him not!" — spoken "in a voice as dead as the face," followed by a moan, a stifled sob, and her tottering out of the room.
What parallel does Edward draw between his own situation and Miles's?
"There be others in the world whose identity is denied, and whose claims are derided. Thou hast company."
How does Edward respond when Miles asks if the King doubts him?
"I do not doubt thee," said the King, with "a childlike simplicity and faith."
What does Miles do when he realizes the full extent of Hugh's betrayal?
He pins Hugh to the wall with an iron grip around his throat and calls him a "fox-hearted slave."
Why do the servants refuse to seize Miles when Hugh orders them to?
Miles is armed and they are weaponless. One says, "He is armed, Sir Hugh, and we are weaponless." Miles also reminds them they know him of old.
What does Miles declare at the end of the chapter?
"Miles Hendon is master of Hendon Hall and all its belongings. He will remain — doubt it not."
What question does Edward ask Miles that causes "guilty confusion"?
Edward asks, "Dost thou doubt me?" — forcing Miles to confront that he has never truly believed Edward is the King, even as he asks others to believe his own identity claim.
What is the landscape like as Hendon and Edward approach Hendon Hall?
A fair region dotted with cottages and orchards, with broad pasture lands whose gentle elevations and depressions suggest "the swelling and subsiding undulations of the sea."
How do Hendon and Edward enter Hendon Hall?
They pass through a vast flower garden and an imposing gateway with huge stone pillars bearing sculptured armorial devices, then Miles springs to the ground, helps the King down, and rushes inside.