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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the chief Viking order Merewyn to be taken to his ship?
(a) Because Poldu tells the chief Viking that Merewyn is his daughter.
(b) He needs another house servant in his homeland.
(c) He will kill Merewyn at sea.
(d) He wants to marry Merewyn in his homeland.

2. Who sails into Greenland in June of 1000?
(a) Erik the Red.
(b) Ketil.
(c) Leif Erikson.
(d) Sigurd.

3. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 6 days.

4. What is working its way through the Western Settlement in Greenland?
(a) A famine.
(b) A sickness.
(c) Marauders.
(d) Bad weather.

5. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?
(a) The year 1000.
(b) The year 999.
(c) The year 1002.
(d) The year 1005.

6. Why does Queen Elgifu need constant nursing?
(a) She was hurt in a riding accident.
(b) She delivers a still born baby, and afterward simply deteriorates.
(c) She has a deadly illness.
(d) She was attacked in the last Viking attack.

7. Who becomes ill when Ketil goes down to the naust for his daily walk to the Bylgja?
(a) Orm.
(b) Sigurd.
(c) Brigid.
(d) Merewyn.

8. How does Rumon react to Poldu's news that Merewyn was taken by the Vikings?
(a) He cries terribly.
(b) He is angry that Poldu didn't stop them.
(c) He drops to his knees and prays for her protection.
(d) He is devastated.

9. What does Orm ask Merewyn about after she and her party walk over the Mendip Mountains?
(a) The English language.
(b) Her life before she was in Iceland.
(c) The girl he hopes to marry.
(d) The Tor and St. Michael's tower.

10. What is the name of the chief Viking?
(a) Sigurd.
(b) Ketil Redbeard.
(c) Orm Sigurdsson.
(d) Erik Thorvaldson.

11. When do Finian and Rumon first sense that something is wrong on their journey to find Merewyn?
(a) When they reach the Camel River.
(b) When they reach the church.
(c) When they reach Tre-Uther.
(d) When they come across a burned shop.

12. Three days after speaking with the Abbot of Glastonbury, where do Merewyn and her children arrive?
(a) At the place where Tre-Uther used to be.
(b) At Court.
(c) At Romsey Abbey in Hampshire.
(d) At Rumon's doorstep.

13. What does Bishop Ethelwold do when he returns to the Abbey in October?
(a) He hears final vows from Elfled and four others.
(b) He expels two nuns for their lack of courage.
(c) He celebrates a special mass of thanks.
(d) He chastises the Abbess for making herself sick.

14. Who's commands does Leif present to the people when he arrives at the feast?
(a) King Vaaran of Finland.
(b) King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway.
(c) King Hugh of France.
(d) King Sverker II of Sweden.

15. How does Orm accept the proper protocol when he meets the Abbot of Glastonbury?
(a) Orm refuses.
(b) Orm sulks at the idea.
(c) Orm does what he is told without question.
(d) Orm complains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Orm?

2. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?

3. Why is Odo friendly to Merewyn?

4. Who does Merewyn see coming up the road on horseback as she waves good-bye to Asgerd?

5. What does Merewyn want Sigurd to do while at the Althing?

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