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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Winifred, why did a spring rise up in Wales?
(a) It is where she was martyred.
(b) It is where she is buried.
(c) It is where an ancient abbey once stood.
(d) It is where she was born.

2. What does Prior Robert discover about Brother Columbanus after Brother Columbanus returns from the spring at Holywell?
(a) Brother Columbanus is now a saint.
(b) Brother Columbanus can live forever.
(c) Brother Columbanus can see into the future.
(d) Brother Columbanus is cured.

3. What is special about the spring that Winifred describes in the dream?
(a) It gives one the power to see into the future.
(b) It has healing power.
(c) It gives immediate sainthood.
(d) It gives one the ability to live forever.

4. Who has a dream about Winifred on the night Brother Columbanus suffers his "falling sickness"??
(a) Prior Robert.
(b) Brother Jerome.
(c) Brother Cadfael.
(d) Brother Columbanus.

5. What happens to Prince Cradoc after he cuts off Winifred's head?
(a) He disappears in a puff of smoke.
(b) He melts into the ground.
(c) He becomes king.
(d) He becomes deeply depressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prior Robert do when the monks arrive in Gwytherin?

2. Whom does Father Huw tell Prior Robert that the saints live to honor?

3. How does Father Huw feel when he learns of the approval of Prior Robert's mission?

4. Why is Prior Robert ecstatic about the dream of Winifred?

5. What does Brother Cadfael do after Prior Robert dismisses him and Brother John after Father Huw says he will plan a meeting?

(see the answer key)

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