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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of one of the men sent to spy on Merlin?
(a) Morgause.
(b) None of the names are given.
(c) Cador.
(d) Crinas.

2. What distracts the outlaws just as they are about to spot Merlin and his troop?
(a) A band of soldiers.
(b) A golden bird.
(c) A pack of dogs.
(d) A white deer.

3. Where does Merlin plan to cross Uther's path on his way back to Bryn Marddin?
(a) At the Saxon Beach.
(b) At Tintagel.
(c) At the Welsh Border.
(d) Along the spine of Dumnonia.

4. Why has Uther summoned Merlin to his camp, and why does he want to speak with Merlin?
(a) About his rule and his future.
(b) About his unborn child.
(c) About his wife.
(d) About his enemies.

5. Why does Merlin feel that he still cannot spend time in one place nor give any information on Arthur?
(a) He is worried about his own safety.
(b) He is worried about outlaws who have been tracking him.
(c) He is worried about Uther's men.
(d) He is worried about spies and Arthur's safety.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Merlin intend to take Arthur?

2. What is the name of the woods that Merlin and his troop ride through?

3. Where does Merlin first see visions?

4. Who has been sent to be a servant to Merlin and then Arthur, once he is born?

5. Who does Merlin meet in the settlement where he stops to get his horse re-shod?

Short Essay Questions

1. Merlin asks the messenger to give him all the information he has on the world outside of Merlin's cave. He tells him about the war and the invading Saxons. What significance does this play to the story?

2. Why does Merlin feel that he cannot share information, even with Ahdjan, a relative, so far from Britain?

3. What question does Bedwyr raise while at the chapel with Arthur and Merlin that others have not asked? How does Arthur respond?

4. Why does Merlin seek out the holy man in the forest chapel?

5. Why does Merlin plan to take over the Chapel of the Green himself after the old hermit dies?

6. How does Merlin come to know the Old Ones in the forest?

7. What story does Merlin tell the young goat herd who is caring for him after he injures his hand? Why does he tell him the story?

8. The spring after Arthur's twelfth birthday brings the rumblings of war to England. What happens?

9. What saves Merlin and company while they are traveling through the Perilous Forest? How? Does the author lead the reader to believe that this is an ordinary occurrence?

10. Why does Merlin travel in disguise with the infant Arthur? What disguise does he assume?

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