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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Sioned's servants carrying when they approach Prior Robert and the brothers?
(a) Rhisiart's coffin.
(b) Candles.
(c) Food.
(d) Sleeping mats.

2. Whom does Annest say wants Brother John arrested immediately?
(a) The bailiff.
(b) Prior Robert.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Brother Columbanus.

3. How does Peredur feel when he hears that Sioned and Engelard will be able to marry?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Envious.
(c) Rejected.
(d) Happy.

4. Why isn't Peredur allowed to join the procession to St. Winifred's chapel?
(a) So a confrontation does not arise between Peredur and Engelard.
(b) His mother is deathly ill.
(c) Sioned does not want him there.
(d) His punishment for his part in Rhisiart's death has not yet been decided.

5. What detail did Brother Cadfael overlook regarding St. Winifred's coffin when the brothers come to carry it?
(a) There is no way to transport it without it falling apart.
(b) It is too light.
(c) It is too heavy.
(d) It is not her coffin.

6. How does Brother Cadfael feel when he discovers the condition of the bottle of poppy seed syrup?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Embarrassed.

7. What do Sioned and Brother Cadfael believe Brother Columbanus wants, now that he claims he has been chosen to communicate with St. Winifred?
(a) To become a prior.
(b) His own abbey.
(c) Glory.
(d) Money.

8. When does Brother Columbanus realize the form appearing in front of him is Sioned?
(a) When he recognizes her voice.
(b) When he realizes St. Winifred should be speaking Welsh, not English.
(c) When he recognizes her clothing.
(d) When he tears the veil from her face.

9. What event does Prior Robert not allow to bother him now that he believes his mission was successful?
(a) The long trip back to Shrewsbury.
(b) The dull and dreary weather.
(c) Sioned and Engelard's marriage.
(d) Brother John's escape.

10. After Father Huw thanks Brother Cadfael, what does Father Huw admit to Brother Cadfael?
(a) He freezes with fear when faced with an emergency.
(b) He wishes he knew more about medicine.
(c) He knows who killed Rhisiart.
(d) Women confuse him.

11. Why do Brother John and Annest have to use a special method to communicate?
(a) Annest is blind.
(b) John only speaks Welsh and Annest only speaks English.
(c) Annest is a deaf-mute.
(d) John only speaks English and Annest only speaks Welsh.

12. What events, as explained to Prior Robert, prove that St. Winifred must be powerful and supremely worthy of honor?
(a) The news about Brother John and Annest.
(b) The events Bened says are occurring in Shrewsbury, where Prior Robert thinks St. Winifred is buried.
(c) The events Bened says are occurring in Gwytherin, where Prior Robert thinks St. Winifred used to be buried.
(d) Brother Columbanus' miraculous ascension.

13. What news does Bened bring to Brother Cadfael about Brother John and Annest?
(a) They have moved to England.
(b) They have not seen each other since Brother John's escape.
(c) They each married other people.
(d) They are married.

14. How does Peredur react when Sioned makes her request to him before they bury her father?
(a) He collapses on the ground.
(b) He immediatley honors Sioned's request without incident.
(c) He is shaking and sweating.
(d) He runs away.

15. What keeps the people from making Brother Columbanus a saint?
(a) His family will not allow it.
(b) They have no relic of him.
(c) They are permitted to keep the remains of only one saint at the abbey.
(d) His admission of guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Prior Robert feel when he hears Bened's story of what is happening at St. Winifred's former grave?

2. What does Brother Cadfael tell Sioned about his plot to trap Brother Columbanus?

3. Where are Prior Robert and the other brothers gathered when Sioned and her servants approach?

4. After the voice awakens Brother Columbanus and calls his name, what does the voice refer to him as?

5. Who is Engelard's new lord?

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