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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer 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?

2. Who understands Dame Branwen's condition and wants to help her?

3. What events, as explained to Prior Robert, prove that St. Winifred must be powerful and supremely worthy of honor?

4. Why isn't Peredur allowed to join 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Dame Branwen's behavior help build suspicion against Brother Columbanus?

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

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

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

7. What are the results when Sioned strays from the plan to test Brother Columbanus to see if he killed Rhisiart?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses foreshadowing throughout A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit. Give three examples of what you think are the most effective uses of foreshadowing in the story, and why you think these examples are the most effective. Include in your answer what these events foreshadow.

Essay Topic 2

Write about a group of the following concepts as they relate to A Morbid Taste for Bones: A Mediaeval Whodunnit. Give examples from the story to support your answer.

1) morals, ethics

2) logic, faith, and beliefs

3) leaders, followers, and devotion.

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting influence the events in the story? Give examples to explain your answer.

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