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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who disputes Prior Robert's accusation, stating that Rhisiart may have been obstructing the plans of others?
(a) Peredur.
(b) Engelard.
(c) Bened.
(d) Brother John.

2. What is the occupation of the man that the Welsh girl meets?
(a) Sheep-caller.
(b) Swine-caller.
(c) Bird-caller.
(d) Ox-caller.

3. During Vespers, whom does Prior Robert warn the townspeople about as a threat to get his way?
(a) The English people.
(b) Prince Cradoc.
(c) Rhisiart.
(d) St. Winifred's descendants.

4. As Brother Cadfael and Sioned discuss Rhisiart's murder, whom do they agree did not murder Rhisiart?
(a) Peredur.
(b) Prior Robert.
(c) Engelard.
(d) Brother Jerome.

5. For what reason does Prior Robert think that Rhisiart didn't come to their meeting to work out their differences?
(a) He is afraid of St. Winifred's wrath.
(b) The weather is causing his delay.
(c) Something terrible must have happened.
(d) He decided to accept Prior Robert's bribe.

6. Who does Prior Robert assign to care for Brother Columbanus after Brother Columbanus suffers his "falling sickness"?
(a) Brother Jerome.
(b) Brother John.
(c) Brother Cadfael.
(d) Brother Rhys.

7. What does Brother Cadfael realize when Prior Robert tries to bribe Rhisiart to get him to approve his proposal?
(a) It is wrong.
(b) Prior Robert will need to bribe others as well.
(c) It will work.
(d) It could cost Prior Robert his life.

8. After Engelard is named as a suspect in Rhisiart's murder, whom does Sioned accuse of having the strongest motive to kill her father?
(a) Bened.
(b) Peredur.
(c) Prior Robert and the monks.
(d) Engelard.

9. What is Prior Robert's only solid argument to get his proposal approved?
(a) The bishop and the prince have approved his proposal.
(b) St. Winifred will take her wrath out upon anyone who stands in the way of her transfer.
(c) The English people need St. Winifred's favors.
(d) St. Winifred asked the monks of Shrewsbury to move her to a place where she will be honored.

10. Who does Prior Robert ask to tell Winifred's life story?
(a) Abbot Heribert.
(b) Brother Rhys.
(c) Brother Jerome.
(d) Brother Columbanus.

11. What does Sioned want to do when she first reaches the murder scene of her father?
(a) Throw herself on her father's body.
(b) Run and hide.
(c) Pray and meditate.
(d) Kill Prior Robert.

12. What does Father Huw offer the monks from Shrewsbury when they arrive at Gwytherin?
(a) Food and shelter.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Parcels of land.
(d) Advice.

13. What does the Welsh girl do after she speaks to Brother Cadfael about the monks' mission?
(a) Continues with her needlework.
(b) Attends to the sheep she was herding.
(c) Continues to talk, but changes the subject.
(d) Runs away.

14. What does Prior Robert want to do with Brother John after Brother John grabs the leg of the man who chases Engelard?
(a) Send him back to the monastery.
(b) Hold him prisoner.
(c) Eject him from the brotherhood.
(d) Send him to England in exile.

15. Where do Brother Jerome and Brother Columbanus sleep on the night they arrive in Gwytherin?
(a) Bened's home.
(b) Father Huw's home.
(c) Cadwallon's home.
(d) Rhisiart's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Welsh girl who meets Brother Cadfael become nervous when he speaks to her?

2. What does Prior Robert discover about Brother Columbanus after Brother Columbanus returns from the spring at Holywell?

3. Why do Brother Cadfael and Sioned decide that it does not make sense that Rhisiart's clothing was dry on the front and wet on the back?

4. According to Winifred, why did a spring rise up in Wales?

5. What do Brother John and Brother Cadfael learn that the Welsh people seem to value after Padrig speaks to them about the town meeting?

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