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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the Wall that is described in Chapter 11?
(a) 80 miles.
(b) 200 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

2. What is the name of the Chieftan's brother in Chapter 14?
(a) Beppo.
(b) Pilum.
(c) Typhon.
(d) Liathan.

3. What animal is the hunting party that Marcus encounters bringing back to their village in Chapter 14?
(a) An elk.
(b) A boar.
(c) A deer.
(d) A goat.

4. Who is the Chieftain of the hunting party that Marcus encounters in Chapter 14?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Pilum.
(c) Dergdian.
(d) Beppo.

5. How are the Legionaries in Marcus's dream described in Chapter 12?
(a) Flaming.
(b) Bearded.
(c) Faceless.
(d) Horned.

6. What is the purpose of the red coral bead that is adorned about the neck of the baby in Chapter 13?
(a) To grant hospitality.
(b) To bring the family wealth.
(c) To ward off the Evil Eye.
(d) To ensure a good suitor.

7. What color is the harebell that Marcus observes in Chapter 18?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

8. To whom does Marcus build an altar in Chapter 11?
(a) Mithras.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Perseus.
(d) Typhon.

9. What bird do Marcus and Esca encounter in their escape in Chapter 18?
(a) A starling.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A raven.
(d) A dove.

10. What does Esca say he traded a black piglet for in Chapter 17?
(a) A cloak.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A horse.
(d) A chicken.

11. What does Esca replace his and Marcus's horses with in Chapter 17?
(a) Sled dogs.
(b) A chariot.
(c) A donkey.
(d) Ponies.

12. To what people does Guern say he now belongs in Chapter 18?
(a) The Iceni.
(b) The Selgovae.
(c) The Metheglin.
(d) The Procyon.

13. Whose image is displayed on the sesterce of Marcus's in Chapter 12?
(a) Zeus's.
(b) Domitian's.
(c) Beppo's.
(d) Perseus's.

14. Esca tells Marcus that he told the man who bought their horses that they were sired from whose stables?
(a) Claudius Hieronimianus's.
(b) Centurion Clodius Maximus's.
(c) Perseus's.
(d) Queen Cartimandua's.

15. Who is the Commanding Officer that Marcus has the Optio take him to see in Chapter 19?
(a) Centurion Cassius.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Drusillus.
(d) Centurion Pilum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Esca's full name?

2. Who is said to have discovered Marcus's ring-brooch by the loch in Chapter 19?

3. What loch do Marcus and the others pass in Chapter 14?

4. What is Guern doing as he whistles in Chapter 17?

5. In describing the fight against the Red Crests in Chapter 15, the Chieftan's grandfather says that his tribe brought the enemy to bay in the bog country north of what place?

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