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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. In Chapter 3, what does Beatrice say earlier in the day attacked a village man who was fishing with his brother and nephew?
(a) Ogres.
(b) Britons.
(c) Giants.
(d) Soldiers.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice give Axl to carry when they prepare to cross the Great Plain?
(a) Smooth pebbles.
(b) Stick of hawthorn wood.
(c) Brass amulet.
(d) Silver amulet.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Axl smell when they are in the Saxon village?
(a) Onion.
(b) Garlic.
(c) Petrefying meat.
(d) Excrement.

4. In Chapter 5, how long does Axl tell a soldier that Wistan and Edwin are to work for him to pay a debt?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

5. How long did the woman who came in November wander in the forest, fields, and villages?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 4 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are native to England in Chapter 1?

2. What is the only thing that Beatrice can remember about her son in Chapter 2 before she and Axl cross the Great Plain?

3. At the end of Chapter 1, where do Axl and Beatrice decide to go?

4. What is the name of the little girl whom Axl remembers went missing in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 2, what do Axl and Beatrice walk through after leaving a ruined villa?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the land described in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 5, what roles do Wistan and Edwin assume when they meet soldiers at a bridge?

3. In Chapter 1, what are everyday hazards for people?

4. What happened earlier in the day to some men and a boy from the Saxon village who went fishing in Chapter 3?

5. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?

6. What do Axl and Beatrice have to attend to before they can go on their journey in Chapter 2?

7. What do the soldiers look like that Axl and his group encounter in Chapter 5?

8. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?

9. What are some areas of Britain like in the time when Axl and Beatrice live in Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 5, who do Axl and his group meet under an oak tree?

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