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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Clovis the King of?
(a) The Saxons.
(b) The Franks.
(c) The Germans.
(d) The Dutch.

2. Who kills Nimue's prisoner?
(a) Orwen.
(b) Arthur.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Nimue.

3. Who does Argante marry after Arthur returns to Guinevere?
(a) Lancelot.
(b) Derfel.
(c) Mordred.
(d) Cerdic.

4. What has caused the chaos in Aque Sulis?
(a) The ravaging sickness.
(b) The unprotected women and children.
(c) The feuding families.
(d) The different groups.

5. What is Prydwen?
(a) A city.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A fortress.
(d) A boat.

6. What does Sagramor and his men promise to do until Arthur leaves?
(a) Stay on the lookout.
(b) Guard him.
(c) Heal him.
(d) Rest.

7. What do Arthur's men throw at the reinforcements on the shore at the end of the book?
(a) Burning logs.
(b) Molten steel.
(c) Corpses.
(d) Boiling water buckets.

8. How does Arthur plan to be with Guinevere again?
(a) He will banish Argante.
(b) He will have Argante arrested.
(c) He will hire a man to sleep with Argante.
(d) He will annul his marriage to Argante.

9. Who has been casting spells on Ceinwyn?
(a) Olwen.
(b) Nimue.
(c) Arwen.
(d) Merlin.

10. Where does the shrouded woman take Derfel when she tries to save Ceinwyn?
(a) The meadow.
(b) The mountain.
(c) The valley.
(d) The inlet.

11. What does Derfel find when he returns to Dun Caric?
(a) His station has been filled.
(b) His daughter is with child.
(c) His people have been killed.
(d) His wife has left him.

12. What does Derfel enjoy about Aque Sulis?
(a) The good food.
(b) The nice bedding.
(c) The cheap women.
(d) The Roman baths.

13. What does Arthur say to do with Lancelot's sword?
(a) Melt it down.
(b) Bury it.
(c) Throw it in the river.
(d) Give it to Guinevere.

14. How did Taliesin say he communicated with Merlin?
(a) Through signals.
(b) In memories.
(c) By weather signs.
(d) In dreams.

15. What causes most of the boats to overturn?
(a) Flaming arrows.
(b) Holes in the boats.
(c) Spells.
(d) A storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who jumps off the boat to stay with Derfel as the boat with Arthur sails away?

2. Who dies with the bishop?

3. What is done to Derfel to humiliate him by his captors?

4. What does the shrouded woman who tries to save Ceinwyn call herself?

5. What message does Derfel ask Gwydre to give to Arthur at the end of the book?

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