Cue For Treason

Chapters 8 - 15

Chapter Eight - The Man from Stratford

1. What amazing discovery did Peter make about Kit Kirkstone?

2. What clues were there in the preceding chapters that indicated Kit might have been a girl?

3. What did Kit believe would happen if Mr. Desmond discovered her true identity?

4. Why does Kit call Peter an idiot?

5. Explain why Kit and Peter decided to go on alone to London without the Desmonds.

6. Who was the man from Stratford?

Chapter Nine - Re-Enter Danger!

1. Why was Shakespeare able to feast Peter and Kit that evening?

2. Who did Shakespeare refer to as pirates?

3. What is an understudy and do they still have them in today's modern Theatre?

4. Whose eyes did Peter find himself looking into when he lifted his head?

5. Do you think this is a good way to end the chapter?

Chapter Ten - Sir Phillip is the Man

1. Why did Peter think that his voice might reveal his true identity?

2. What is Peter presented with at the end of his performance?

3. Whose disappearance has upset Burbage?

4. Who saves Kit from a thrashing?

5. What does Will Shakespeare tell Kit and Peter when they are alone?

6. Why had Kit run away from home?

Chapter Eleven - The House of the Yellow Gentleman

1. What is Kit's real name?

2. Describe Katherine's feelings about Sir Phillip Morton.

3. Who is the yellow gentleman and why does Peter give him that name?

4. Explain how Kit and Peter plan to get the script back from the yellow gentleman.

5. Why does Peter need a half a dozen daggers?

Chapter Twelve - Treason on Thames-Side

1.Whose name does Peter hear being discussed by the yellow gentleman?

1. How did Katherine help distract the men?

2. What was Peter excited to see half hidden under a stack of letters?

3. How does Peter avoid suspicion when the yellow gentleman sees the boat tied below the window?

4. Kit suspects treason. Give evidence supporting her claims.

Chapter Thirteen - The Clue of the Sonnet

1. Explain how Sir Francis Bacon deciphered the code of the sonnet.

2. What was the significance of this message?

Chapter Fourteen - Secret Agents

1. Why was Peter convinced that it was no miracle Queen Elizabeth had escaped her enemies?

2. Who was Robert Cecil?

3. If you were Kit, how might you have convinced Tom Boyd that you should be allowed to accompany him to Cumberland?

4. What warning does Mrs. Brownrigg offer to Boyd and the two apprentices?

5. Where does Peter suggest they could live?

Chapter Fifteen - The Lonely Tower

1. Where did they decide to leave or stable their horses?

2. What is a perspective glass?

3. Why did Tom refer to watching with the phrase, "This game is like fishing"?

4. What evidence did Tom find that someone had been at the peel tower?

5. How was peter able to determine that the men who arrived at the peel tower with Sir Phillip Morton were there for the first time?

6. What was one of the men carrying on his fist?

7. At the end of the chapter predict what may have happened to Tom?