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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. Who tells Peredur to go home after Peredur reacts to Sioned's request?
(a) Brother Cadfael.
(b) Father Huw.
(c) Prior Robert.
(d) Sioned.

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

3. 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) His punishment for his part in Rhisiart's death has not yet been decided.
(d) Sioned does not want him there.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event does Prior Robert not allow to bother him now that he believes his mission was successful?

2. What do Sioned and Brother Cadfael believe Brother Columbanus wants, now that he claims he has been chosen to communicate with St. Winifred?

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

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

5. Which law official arrives to investigate Rhisiart's murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Brother Cadfael and Sioned test Brother Columbanus to determine if he killed Rhisiart?

2. 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?

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

4. What is Annest's concern about Brother John and how is her concern dealt with?

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

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

7. What news does Bened relay to Brother Cadfael during Bened's pilgrimage to Walsingham?

8. What is Peredur's confession at Rhisiart's funeral?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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