Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Edwin say that his mother is in Chapter 4?
2. What is the name of the little girl whom Axl remembers went missing in Chapter 1?
3. Who is already at the place where Beatrice and Axl take shelter in Chapter 2?
4. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember covered his cage when he was captured by the ogres?
5. In Chapter 1, what does Axl remember two shepherds claming to see?
Short Essay Questions
1. At the end of Chapter 1, how does Beatrice think they will find their son's village?
2. Why does the boatman say that he is at the villa in Chapter 2?
3. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?
4. What happened earlier in the day to some men and a boy from the Saxon village who went fishing in Chapter 3?
5. How is the land described in Chapter 1?
6. In Chapter 4, who is old Steffa, and what did he tell Edwin?
7. In Chapter 3, what does Beatrice see at the gate, and how is that different from when she was at the Saxon village before?
8. In Chapter 2, what difficulties are there in traveling in open country?
9. What does Beatrice remember and not remember about their son in Chapter 2?
10. In Chapter 2, what is the villa like where Beatrice and Axl take shelter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A wagon with a cage is found at the monastery. What is the purpose of the wagon and cage? In what way is the use of the cart a ritual? Why do the monks use the wagon and cage as penance? How successful has the use of the wagon and cart been?
Essay Topic 2
Wistan has a feeling of danger at the monastery. What are premonitions? What characters have premonitions? How do those premonitions come to pass? How do premonitions affect characters and their survival?
Essay Topic 3
The novel takes place in Britain’s Dark Age. What is the genre of the novel and why?
|
This section contains 830 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
