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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 Philip's only hope that the Kingsbridge Cathedral will be completed?
(a) If King Stephen is defeated
(b) If King Stephen remains the king
(c) If William is killed in battle
(d) If Richard is killed in battle

2. What does Jack invent to help Aliena with her wool business?
(a) A collapsible market booth
(b) A wool sheerer
(c) Wool clippers
(d) A cloth felter

3. What horrifies William when he goes to visit Kingsbridge?
(a) It is full of beggars and thieves.
(b) It is more affluent than Shiring.
(c) It is burned to the ground.
(d) It is in ruins.

4. Why are the peasants afraid to go to the Kingsbridge market?
(a) They are afraid of the plague.
(b) They are terrorized by William.
(c) They are afraid of Prior Philip's temper.
(d) They are afraid of Waleran.

5. What gift does Jack bring back for Prior Philip?
(a) A new bible
(b) A chest of silver
(c) A war horse
(d) A silk robe

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aliena go to find Jack?

2. What does Aliena consider when she goes to the tallest tower of the cathedral?

3. What is Aliena's reaction when Jack tells her he hired Alfred?

4. How many people die in the raid on Kingsbridge?

5. Why do a band of outlaws attack Kingsbridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard decide to join the Christian crusades fighting in the Holy Land?

2. How does Ellen find a way into Jack's cell after the monks lock him up for talking to Aliena?

3. Why does Jack invent an ingenious cloth felter for Aliena?

4. Describe Aliena's plan to get Shiring back for Richard.

5. Describe the young wife of William Hamleigh.

6. How is William's mismanagement of Shiring evident throughout the countryside?

7. Summarize what takes place when William Hamleigh and his men attack the Kingsbridge market.

8. What is Aliena's idea involving the starving outlaws who attack Kingsbridge in the search for food?

9. What does Aliena teach Elizabeth when they meet each other when seeking shelter from a storm?

10. Describe the reaction of the masons working on Kingbridge cathedral when Jack announces that some of them are going to be laid off.

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