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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 understands Dame Branwen's condition and wants to help her?
(a) Peredur.
(b) Sioned.
(c) Brother Columbanus.
(d) Annest.
2. Whom does Annest say wants Brother John arrested immediately?
(a) Prior Robert.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) The bailiff.
(d) Brother Columbanus.
3. Which law official arrives to investigate Rhisiart's murder?
(a) Bishop David.
(b) Prince Owain.
(c) The prince's bailiff.
(d) The sheriff.
4. What happens to the procession bringing St. Winifred's bones to Shrewsbury, as it is raining?
(a) The procession enters Shrewsbury with no reception.
(b) The return to Shrewsbury must be delayed.
(c) The procession is soaked and the coffin begins to come apart.
(d) The procession stays dry.
5. According to the voice, what was the man sent by St. Winifred supposed to enforce?
(a) Her will to remain in Gwytherin.
(b) Her will to be moved to Shrewsbury.
(c) Her will to see that Sioned and Engelard are married.
(d) Her will to avenge the death of Prince Cradoc.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Sioned and Brother Cadfael discuss Brother Columbanus' possible motives for killing Rhisiart, what is Sioned determined to do?
2. When does Brother Columbanus realize the form appearing in front of him is Sioned?
3. What is strange about the contents of the bottle of poppy seed syrup with which Brother Cadfael wants to treat Dame Branwen?
4. What does Brother Columbanus claim that St. Winifred told him in a dream about the brothers' mission?
5. How does Peredur feel when he hears that Sioned and Engelard will be able to marry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news does Bened relay to Brother Cadfael during Bened's pilgrimage to Walsingham?
2. What are the results when Sioned strays from the plan to test Brother Columbanus to see if he killed Rhisiart?
3. Why should anyone who knows about Brother Cadfael's plan to handle St. Winifred's remains and Brother Columbanus' body not speak of it until the brothers have left Gwytherin?
4. Describe the behavior of Dame Branwen, Peredur's mother, as Brother Cadfael sees her when Father Huw asks him to help.
5. What does Brother Cadfael believe about the miracles St. Winifred is creating at her true grave in Gwytherin?
6. 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?
7. What are Brother Columbanus' possible motives, according to Sioned and Brother Cadfael?
8. What does Brother Columbanus claim that St. Winifred told him in a dream?
9. Because the body of a murderer seems to be bringing as many miracles as the bones of a saint, what conclusion can we draw about the connection between beliefs, logic, faith, and miracles?
10. How do Brother Cadfael and Sioned test Brother Columbanus to determine if he killed Rhisiart?
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