The False Prince
1) The book the False Prince is the first book in what trilogy? answer: The Ascendance Trilogy
2) Who wrote the False Prince? answer: Jennifer A. Nielson
3) In the book False Prince, how much did the man pay the butcher for the roast that Sage stole at the
beginning of the book and to turn Sage over to him? answer: Fifty garlins
4) In the book the False Prince, what was Sage stealing when the book began? answer: A roast
5) In the book the False Prince, How many orphans lived in Mrs. Turbledy’s orphanage for
disadvantaged boys in? answer: Nineteen (ranging in age from three to fifteen)
6) In the book the False Prince, what was the name of the man who met Sage in the street stealing a
roast and came to take Sage from the orphanage? answer: Bevin Connor
7) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage tell Bevin Connor and Mrs. Turbeldy his father had done?
answer: He said his father was a musician
8) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage tell Mrs. Turbeldy when he came to the orphanage?
answer: That he was the son of a duke and would pay her a coin each week to keep him
9) What does the map at the beginning of the False Prince book depict?
answer: Carthya and Neighboring Lands Chapter Two
10) Which of the other boys that was with Sage coughed a lot? answer: Latamer
11) Who took Sage’s apple out of his lap when his hands were tied up? answer: Roden
12) What happened to Sage after he got his hands untied and put a noose around Latamer’s head?
answer: Cregan hit him over the head right before he escaped
13) What was Sage’s first clue about why Conner had taken him and the other boys?
answer: Conner said, “Patience, Sage. Patience is the mark of a ruler.” Chapter Three
14) In the book the False Prince, how did Sage know Tobias before they came together after Conner
took them from the orphanages? answer: Sage had been in Gelvins Charity Orphanage with Tobias for a short time
15) In the book the False Prince, what did Tobias remember of Sage’s time at Gelvins Charity
Orphanage? answer: Sage locked the headmaster out of the orphanage for an entire night
16) In the book the False Prince, what happened to the other orphans after Sage left Gelvins Charity
Orphanage? answer: They went hungry for the rest of the week because Sage had given out a week’s worth of food
17) In the book the False Prince, out on the lonely, desolate plain outside of Gelvins, who got up to leave when Conner offered them a chance to leave? answer: Latamer
18) In the book the False Prince, what happened to Latamer when he asked to leave?
answer: He was shot by an arrow by Cregan
19) In the book the False Prince, on the desolate plain outside of Gelvins, why did Connor tell Sage they
had the meeting before they ate? answer: So they wouldn’t waste their food (on Latamer, who was killed) Chapter Four
20) In the book the False Prince, what did Tobias say when Connor asked him what he would do in a
battle to the death with someone better than he? answer: Beg mercy
21) In the book the False Prince, what did Roden say when Connor asked him what he would do in a
battle to the death with someone better than he? answer: Fight to the death (“I will not live as a coward.”)
22) In the book the False Prince, how did Roden learn to fight with a sword?
answer: From an old Carthyan soldier who lived near his orphanage
23) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage say when Conner asked him what he would do in a battle to the death with someone better than he?
answer: Beg mercy, then finish the battle when the opponent lowered his sword
24) In the book the False Prince, why did Sage say that Connor was willing to murder to win?
answer: Because he killed Latamer
25) In the book the False Prince, why did Roden claim he never won any rounds against the soldier who
taught him to fight? answer: Because the soldier would stop teaching him if he ever won
26) In the book the False Prince, when Sage awakened to find himself chained to someone in the night,
who was he chained to? answer: Mott
27) In the book the False Prince, when Connor offered bread for correct answers, who did Sage answer
was the King and Queen of Carthya? answer: King Eckbert and Corinne
28) In the book the False Prince, what was King Eckbert’s queen’s name? answer: Erin
29) In the book the False Prince, how many regents sat in King Eckbert’s court? answer: twenty
30) In the book the False Prince, what was the name of the crown prince when King Eckbert was ruling
Carthya? answer: Darius The False Prince
31) In the book the False Prince, what kind of accent did Sage speak with?
answer: Avenian
32) In the book the False Prince, how many of King Eckbert’s regents inherited their positions?
answer: Thirteen (of the twenty regents)
33) In the book the False Prince, how many of King Eckbert’s regents were women? answer: three
34) In the book the False Prince, who did Connor tell Sage was second in power to King Eckbert?
answer: Lord Kerwyn, the high chamberlain
35) In the book the False Prince, who did Connor tell Sage was the most powerful of the regents?
answer: Santhias Veldergrath, the prime regent Chapter Six
36) In the book the False Prince, what was the capital of Carthya and home of the royal family?
answer: Drylliad
37) In the book the False Prince, where did Roden say he was born?
answer: Southern Carthya
38) In the book the False Prince, how many times had Roden left the orphanage in Benton before
Connor came for him? answer: Zero
39) In the book the False Prince, where did Tobias say he was born?
answer: A town near Gelvins
40) In the book the False Prince, who educated Tobias before he went to the orphanage?
answer: His grandmother
41) In the book the False Prince, how long did Connor say he was going to train the boys before their “test” at Court? answer: Two weeks
Chapter Seven
42) In the book the False Prince, what town was Connor’s estate several miles outside of?
answer: Tithio
43) In the book the False Prince, how many windows did the orphanage in Carchar have?
answer: none
44) In the book the False Prince, what did Connor call his home?
answer: Farthenwood
45) In the book the False Prince, what was the name of the servant assigned to Sage at Farthenwood?
answer: Errol
46) In the book the False Prince, how old was Errol when Sage came to Farthenwood? answer: twenty
47) In the book the False Prince, how old was Errol when he came to Farthenwood as a servant? ten
48) In the book the False Prince, why did Errol go to Farthenwood as a servant to Connor?
answer: To work off his family’s debts
Chapter Eight
49) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage offer Errol in exchange for getting Sage’s original clothes back for him after his bath? answer: A silver coin
50) In the book the False Prince, when Connor was teaching Sage table manners, why did he say you
scoop the spoon away from you when eating soup?
answer: So that, if you spill the soup, it will go onto the table, not onto your lap
51) In the book the False Prince, which hand did Sage naturally hold his soup spoon with?
answer: Left
52) In the book the False Prince, during the first dinner at Connor’s home, what did Tobias say that
Connor considered rude? answer: “I’m already full.”
53) In the book the False Prince, where do Carthyan orphanages get their operating money?
answer: Whatever money the orphan inherited upon the deaths of his parents, and a few private
donations, and occasionally orphans were purchased to be a servant until his debt was worked off
Chapter Nine
54) In the book the False Prince, when Connor first tells Sage, Tobias and Roden his plan, what does he
claim he is hoping to prevent? answer: Civil war
55) In the book the False Prince, how old was Jaron when he was sent north to Bymar on a ship from
Carthya? answer: Nearly eleven
56) In the book the False Prince, what was the “greatest secret of [their] lives” that Connor shared with
Sage, Tobias and Roden after their first dinner at Farthenwood?
answer: That the royal family is dead
57) In the book the False Prince, what were the regents telling people about the King, Queen and crown
Prince to keep their death a secret? answer: That they were on a diplomatic mission to Gelyn
58) In the book the False Prince, after their first dinner at Farthenwood, where did Connor tell Sage,
Tobias and Roden that three regents were traveling to seek proof of Jaron’s death or life? answer: Isel
Chapter Ten
59) In the book the False Prince, after the first dinner at Farthenwood, what problems did Conner tell
Sage he had in using Sage as Prince Jaron?
answer: Wrong hair color, preference for his left hand instead of right, not as tall or strong as
would be expected of King Eckbert’s son, he looks too old, and his Athenian accent
Chapter Eleven
60) In the book the False Prince, after Sage left the dinner table angry on the first night at Farthenwood,
where did Mott take Sage?
answer: To a courtyard with a wall of swords, where Mott taught Sage about sword fighting
61) In the book the False Prince, what was the significance of the sword that Sage chose when Mott
gave him his first jousting lesson? answer: It was a replica of the sword Prince Jaron once owned
Chapter Twelve
62) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage do to the bed near the window in the room shared by
Roden and Tobias? answer: He spat on the pillow so that Roden would have to sleep with his spit if he still wanted to sleep there
63) In the book the False Prince, why did Errol believe that Connor required Imogen to come work for
him to pay off the family debts? answer: Revenge for Connor’s mother refusing to marry Connor
64) In the book the False Prince, why did Errol tell Sage that Connor lost interest in Imogen?
answer: Because she is a mute and not particularly bright
Chapter Thirteen
65) In the book the False Prince, what was the name of Sage and Roden’s tutor at Farthenwood?
answer: Master Graves
66) In the book the False Prince, what did Master Graves insist that Sage do when Sage disrupted the
tutoring session by demanding a larger chair? answer: Write his letters an extra ten times
Chapter Fourteen
67) In the book the False Prince, who was Sage, Tobias and Roden’s history tutor at Farthenwood?
answer: Mistress Havala
68) In the book the False Prince, what did the servants bring Sage, Tobias and Roden to eat for lunch
during their history lesson with Mistress Havala at Farthenwood? Meat pie wrapped in a thick pastry
69) In the book the False Prince, who at Farthenwood gave Sage, Tobias and Roden riding lessons?
answer: Cregan
70) In the book the False Prince, what was the name of the wild horse that Cregan put Sage onto for his
first riding lesson?answer: Windstorm
Chapter Fifteen
71) In the book the False Prince, after Sage rode off on Windstorm, where did Mott find Sage?
answer: Lying on the banks of the river, legs half submerged in the water
72) In the book the False Prince, after Sage rode Windstorm, what did Mott instruct Sage on during
most of the ride back to Farthenwood? answer: How to manage a wild horse
Chapter Sixteen
73) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, when Imogen first came to Sage’s room to bring his
dinner, what did Sage ask Imogen for? answer: A thread and needle
74) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, where did Sage get a knife that he used to defend
Imogen in his bedroom? answer: He took it off of Mott on the horse ride back to Farthenwood
Chapter Seventeen
75) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, why did Tobias ask the servant to build a fire in the
boy’s bedroom on a warm evening? answer: To burn the papers he had written on
76) In the book the False Prince, while at Farthenwood, what was the old saying from Avenia that Sage
said to Roden after Roden told Sage that he would never exceed Darius?
answer: Just because it’s calmer than a hailstorm doesn’t mean it’s calm
77) In the book the False Prince, what did Cregan claim that he was better at than teaching to ride
horses?answer: Swords (he said I’m a swordsman)
78) In the book the False Prince, according to Conner at Farthenwood, where was Prince Jaron’s sword
last seen? answer: Around his waist at supper the night before he boarded the ship that ultimately sank
79) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, what did Sage do after Roden struck Sage in the chest
with a wooden sword during sword practice? answer: He lunged at him to punch him
80) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, when did Roden propose an alliance with Sage to
sabotage Tobias? answer: After their fight during sword practice
81) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, when did Roden propose an alliance with Sage to
sabotage Tobias?
82) In the book the False Prince, to whom was Prince Jaron betrothed?
answer: Princess Amarinda of Bultain
83) In the book the False Prince, who was Princess Amarinda of Bultain’s uncle? The king of Bymar
84) In the book the False Prince, why was there great controversy when King Eckbert married Queen
Erin? answer: Erin was from an inconsequential border town in southern Carthya and the king had
been expected to marry a nobelman’s daughter
85) In the book the False Prince, for whose visit at Farthenwood did Connor make Sage, Tobias and
Roden dress up as servants? answer: Princess Amarinda of Bultain
Chapter Nineteen
86) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, what trick did Sage tell Tobias helped him to think?
answer: Rolling a coin (garlin) over his knuckles and back around to his forefinger
87) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, where were the more favored servants’ quarters?
answer: On the main floor in the corners of the house
88) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, when Sage snuck out of the window, how did the
window get closed before he returned? answer: Tobias closed it
89) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, when Tobias locked the window of their room to
prevent Sage from getting back in, what window did Sage use to get back in? answer: Connor’s window
90) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, what did Sage find hiding behind the tapestry in
Connor’s bedroom? answer: Entry to a secret passageway
91) In the book the False Prince, what did Sage tell Tobias about how he got back into their bedroom
when he was locked out? answer: Nothing. Tobias never asked and Sage never told him anything.
Chapter Twenty-One
92) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, what did Sage demand that Connor return to him that
Sage had kept in his pockets before coming to Farthenwood? answer: Imitator’s gold
93) In the book the False Prince, at Farthenwood, why did Connor order Sage taken to the dungeon?
answer: Because he stole back the imitator’s gold that Connor had taken from Sage
Chapter 22
94) In the book the False Prince, when Sage was in the dungeon at Farthenwood, who did Mott say was
Sage’s greatest enemy? answer: Sage, himself
Chapter Twenty-Three
95) In the book the False Prince, when Sage was in the dungeon at Farthenwood, what did Cregan do
with the bowl of soup that he brought for Sage? answer: Ate it himself, then threw the remains on Sage
96) In the book the False Prince, when Sage was in the dungeon at Farthenwood, what did Sage say
would lessen his guilt for having Cregan executed after Sage became king? Cregan punching him in the stomach
97) In the book the False Prince, when Sage was in the dungeon at Farthenwood, who came to visit him