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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Annest ask Brother Cadfael about her relationship with Brother John?
(a) If she should pursue her relationship with him.
(b) If Brother John can remain with her when the other brothers leave.
(c) If Brother John has declared his love for her.
(d) If her love for him is wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Peredur allowed to join the procession to St. Winifred's chapel?

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

3. What does Father Huw thank Brother Cadfael for after Brother Cadfael helps Dame Branwen?

4. Why do Brother John and Annest have to use a special method to communicate?

5. What is the purpose of Bened's trip to Walsingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Father Huw, Brother Richard, Brother Jerome, and Brother Columbanus fare with Brother Cadfael's plan to trap Rhisiart's murderer?

2. What does Brother Columbanus claim that St. Winifred told him in a dream?

3. What does Brother Cadfael believe about the miracles St. Winifred is creating at her true grave in Gwytherin?

4. What are Brother Columbanus' possible motives, according to Sioned and Brother Cadfael?

5. How does Brother Cadfael capitalize on the people's faith and belief in miracles when he conceals Brother Columbanus' death?

6. What is the dilemma faced by Brother Cadfael regarding Brother Columbanus being found guilty or not guilty of murdering Rhisiart?

7. Contrast Brother Cadfael's opinion of women with the medieval opinion of women, as represented by Father Huw.

8. Describe the behavior of Dame Branwen, Peredur's mother, as Brother Cadfael sees her when Father Huw asks him to help.

9. What does Brother Cadfael do to manage Prior Robert when Bened tells of the miracles occurring at St. Winifred's former grave?

10. What does Brother Cadfael believe about St. Winifred when Sioned tells him why she deviated from the plan to get Brother Columbanus to confess to her father's murder?

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