Table of Contents
- 1 Why did Jemmy not want the prince to tell Cutwater and Billy who he was the whipping boy?
- 2 What creature did Jemmy come across as he was running away from Cutwater?
- 3 What did the captain offer Jemmy?
- 4 What is Prince Brat afraid of?
- 5 How did Jemmy plan escape?
- 6 Why is prince angry after Jemmy is whipped?
- 7 Why did Jemmy ask the potato man to stop for the Prince?
- 8 What did the men do in the Jemmy Button story?
Why did Jemmy not want the prince to tell Cutwater and Billy who he was the whipping boy?
why did jimmy not want the prince to tell cutwater and billy who was? They would know that the prince had money. what caused the outlaws to finally realize that the prince was telling the truth about who he was? The kings crest was on the saddle.
What creature did Jemmy come across as he was running away from Cutwater?
What creature did Jemmy come across as he was running away from Cutwater? He met a bear.
What does Jemmy write in ransom note?
Fearing the king’s army, Jemmy writes that if as much as one soldier is seen, the outlaws will break the prince’s neck. When the outlaws remind him to write about the reward Jemmy begins to think that the ransom is not high enough considering he is a royal prince.
Why did the prince betray Jemmy?
The prince told the outlaws that he was afraid to walk in the woods by himself. The prince told the outlaws that Jemmy should take it instead. The prince wanted some of the ransom and wouldn’t go back until he was promised some of it.
What did the captain offer Jemmy?
Plot summary Therefore, his family provides him with a whipping boy, Jemmy, an orphaned boy who will be punished in the prince’s stead. While on the run, the boys are picked up by two notorious highwaymen, Hold-Your-Nose Billy and Cutwater, who hatch a scheme to ransom the prince.
What is Prince Brat afraid of?
Why does Prince Brat want to run away? The prince had an easy life, never got punished, & it was dark outside. (The prince was afraid of the dark.)
Why is Prince angry after Jemmy is whipped?
Why doesn’t Jemmy yelp or cry out when he is being whipped? It was against the law to whip a prince. Therefore, whenever the prince needed to be punished, the common boy took the punishment for him. The prince had an easy life, never got punished, & it was dark outside.
Who whipped the prince in the whipping boy?
Jemmy
3. When Hold Your Nose Billy and Cutwater found Jemmy and Prince Brat, and wound up whipping the real prince.
How did Jemmy plan escape?
Jemmy comes up with several plans for escaping various circumstances over the course of The Whipping Boy. First, Jemmy hopes to escape his role as whipping boy by accompanying the prince who wishes to sneak out from the palace and later ditching him.
Why is prince angry after Jemmy is whipped?
Why does the Prince whip Jemmy in Lord of the flies?
When the prince does something wrong, Jemmy is the one who gets whipped. The prince, who is nicknamed Prince Brat, is frustrated and angry with Jemmy because he won’t cry when whipped. The action really begins when Prince Brat forces Jemmy to accompany him when he runs away.
Who is the whipping boy in the book?
The Whipping Boy is a slim historical fiction novel that won the Newbery Medal back in 1987. It’s the story of Prince Horace, also called Prince Brat, who often misbehaves on purpose in order to see his whipping boy, Jemmy, get punished.
Why did Jemmy ask the potato man to stop for the Prince?
They found barrel staves, a chair, and a birdcage. Why did Jemmy ask the potato man to stop for the prince? Jamie begins to feel sorry for the prince because prince brat couldn’t take care of himself.
What did the men do in the Jemmy Button story?
The men made fires, hunted seals and built wigwams on the shore, while the women handled the more water-based tasks: diving to the ocean floor to gather shellfish, mooring the canoes in nearby kelp forests and swimming ashore in the frigid waters to join their families at the fire on the beach.