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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brother Cadfael hope for Rhisiart, who is buried in the same grave with St. Winifred in Gwytherin?
(a) Rhisiart will receive the same honors as St. Winifred.
(b) Rhisiart can forgive Brother Columbanus.
(c) Rhisiart will watch over Sioned and Engelard.
(d) Rhisiart is with Sioned's mother.

2. How does Sioned appear to Brother Columbanus when she pretends to be St. Winifred?
(a) Dressed in her father's clothing.
(b) Dressed as a nun.
(c) Dressed in a flowing white gown.
(d) Dressed in grave rags.

3. Who is going to help Brother John escape before Brother John can be arrested?
(a) Bened.
(b) Brother Cadfael.
(c) Cal.
(d) Sioned.

4. Where are Prior Robert and the other brothers gathered when Sioned and her servants approach?
(a) In Bened's home.
(b) At the scene of Rhisiart's murder.
(c) St. Winifred's grave.
(d) Inside St. Winifred's chapel.

5. What news does Bened bring to Brother Cadfael about Sioned and Engelard?
(a) They have moved to Engelard's home in England.
(b) Sioned's uncle is trying to separate them.
(c) They are married.
(d) They have taken over caring for St. Winifred's grave.

6. After Sioned, Brother Cadfael, and Engelard discover that Brother Columbanus is dead, what does Engelard suggest they do?
(a) Blame his death on a group of outlaws.
(b) Run away.
(c) Tell the truth to a law official.
(d) Pray for forgiveness.

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) Money.
(c) His own abbey.
(d) Glory.

8. How does Brother Columbanus injure Sioned when he tries to kill her?
(a) Knocks her unconscious.
(b) Blackens her eye.
(c) Cuts her arm.
(d) Breaks her leg.

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

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

11. Who is Engelard's new lord?
(a) Sioned.
(b) Brother Cadfael.
(c) Sioned's uncle.
(d) Cadwallon.

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

13. The morning after the third vigil, what happens to Brother Columbanus?
(a) He awakens from his trance.
(b) He is taken to Sioned's home.
(c) He is taken away to the church.
(d) He breaks into a sweat when he touches Rhisiart's body.

14. What will Engelard be able to do once everyone forgets the reason he is an outlaw?
(a) Marry Sioned.
(b) Resume his job as an ox-caller.
(c) Buy land.
(d) Go home and claim his inheritance.

15. What happens to the procession bringing St. Winifred's bones to Shrewsbury, as it is raining?
(a) The return to Shrewsbury must be delayed.
(b) The procession enters Shrewsbury with no reception.
(c) The procession stays dry.
(d) The procession is soaked and the coffin begins to come apart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brother Richard respond when Sioned makes her request to him regarding her father?

2. How does Sioned feel when she hears that St. Winifred forgives her father?

3. When Sioned and her servants approach, what are Prior Robert and the other brothers doing?

4. How does Brother Columbanus die?

5. With whom does Peredur walk in the procession to St. Winifred's chapel?

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