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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who interrupts Bened while he is telling of what is occurring at St. Winifred's former grave?
(a) Prior Robert.
(b) Brother Cadfael.
(c) Brother Jerome.
(d) Abbot Heribert.

3. What did Sioned and Engelard name their son?
(a) Robert.
(b) Cadfael.
(c) Rhisiart.
(d) Engelard.

4. How does Brother Cadfael feel, now that the situation with Brother Columbanus and St. Winifred has been concluded?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Proud.
(c) Excited.
(d) Anxious.

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

6. How does Sioned plan to make her marriage to Engelard a reality?
(a) She will make him a free man.
(b) She will elope with him.
(c) She will promote him.
(d) She will disown any relative who stands in her way.

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

8. Who changes his mind and allows Peredur to join the procession to St. Winifred's chapel?
(a) Prior Robert.
(b) Cadwallon.
(c) Father Huw.
(d) Peredur's mother.

9. When the people see the arrangement of Brother Columbanus' clothing when they go to release him from vigil duty, what do they think happened?
(a) He is playing a practical joke.
(b) Suicide.
(c) A miraculous event.
(d) He was kidnapped.

10. Where is Brother Columbanus when he awakens to a soft voice calling out to him?
(a) Bened's house.
(b) Sioned's house.
(c) St. Winifred's altar.
(d) Rhisiart's grave.

11. What does Brother Columbanus do when the voice accuses him of killing Rhisiart?
(a) Goes into a trance.
(b) Immediately confesses.
(c) Immediately denies his guilt.
(d) Cries out for help.

12. After the voice awakens Brother Columbanus and calls his name, what does the voice refer to him as?
(a) Blasphemous sinner.
(b) False servant.
(c) Champion of my will.
(d) True and faithful servant.

13. While he is digging for St. Winifred's remains, how does Brother Cadfael imagine St. Winifred?
(a) As a wild, carefree spirit.
(b) As a girl devoted to God.
(c) As a girl in love with a prince.
(d) As a cunning schemer.

14. How does Sioned feel, knowing that Peredur did not murder her father?
(a) Concerned.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Excited.

15. Who appears and causes Brother Columbanus to run out?
(a) Engelard.
(b) Brother Cadfael.
(c) Peredur.
(d) Prior Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Father Huw thanks Brother Cadfael, what does Father Huw admit to Brother Cadfael?

2. What does Sioned want Peredur to do before they bury Rhisiart?

3. What does Brother Cadfael hope for Rhisiart, who is buried in the same grave with St. Winifred in Gwytherin?

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

5. What does Prior Robert notice about the stories Bened tells of what is happening at St. Winifred's former grave?

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