Do you double space on a query?

Use single space for a business letter (which is what a query is), double spacing between paragraphs.

Single spacing.

And I'd send the first 5 pages of the prologue, because, after all, that's where your novel starts.

(And your questions are not stupid.)

Edited to add: Here a link from Agent Query how to write/format a query.

Amy R. said:

Single spacing.

And I'd send the first 5 pages of the prologue, because, after all, that's where your novel starts.

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Yes, queries are business letters and should be formatted as such.

But actually, I'd send the first five pages -- that's what hopefully will hook the reader (or agent) into the story. Prologues can be a bit diffuse, and give no idea of what the actual narrative of the book sounds like.

(There's an old thread on AW where many people admit to skipping prologues altogether -- it would be pretty hard to hook an agent's interest with one, unless it's amazing in its own right.)

In case it comes up later, you single-space a synopsis too, for the same reason that it's a business letter.

If your prologue isn't engaging, I would suggest you don't have one in the first place ;-)

tomothecat said:

In case it comes up later, you single-space a synopsis too, for the same reason that it's a business letter.

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Not necessarily. Different references recommend different spacing (Ref A). Most references say to double-space the synopsis, like a manuscript (Ref B, Ref C, Ref D). However, some say to single-space the synopsis (Ref E), or even space depending on length: single-spaced for a single page and double-spaced for longer synopses (Ref F).