Avalon | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapter 1

1. What kind of story is "Avalon?"

An epic story.

2. Who are the two main characters?

Merewyn of Uther and Romieux de Provence.

3. In what year does the story begin?

973.

4. The novel follows the history of England's raids by whom?

The Vikings.

5. What did Dunstan attempt to do?

Bring the masses to a Christian life.

6. Who colonized Greenland?

Eric the Red.

7. Why does Merewyn leave home?

She is making a pilgrimage to St. Gundred's Well at Roche.

8. Who is Breaca?

Merewyn's mother.

9. What does Merewyn hope her prayers will accomplish?

They will help her ailing mother

10. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?

Rumon.

11. Why is Rumon lost?

Because he was shipwrecked.

12. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?

Because they see no smoke rising from the...
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