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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Breaca?
(a) Rumon's aunt.
(b) Rumon's mother.
(c) Merewyn's mother.
(d) Merewyn's sister.

2. Who did King Edgar marry instead?
(a) Arles.
(b) Eneda, the daughter of another Earl.
(c) Alfrida.
(d) Ordgara.

3. The novel follows the history of England's raids by whom?
(a) The Normans.
(b) The Vikings.
(c) The Celts.
(d) The Saxons.

4. What does the Prior tell Rumon about Merewyn?
(a) That she is his illigitimate daughter.
(b) That she is a witch.
(c) That she is of Viking descent.
(d) That she is descended from royal blood as she claims to be.

5. What did Athelwald tell the King about Earl Ordgar's daughter?
(a) The girl was skinny, pock marked, ill mannered and altogether unsuitable for a King.
(b) She was already married and with child.
(c) She refused to see him.
(d) The girl was the most beautiful and most gracious he had ever encountered.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?

2. What does Rumon's vision convince him of?

3. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?

4. Where is Rumon headed when he meets Merewyn?

5. Who colonized Greenland?

(see the answer key)

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