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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rumon see Alfrida give a cup to?
(a) Merewyn.
(b) Edward.
(c) Ethelred.
(d) Dunstan.

2. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?
(a) He did drink it.
(b) It was the wrong drink.
(c) He decided he wasn't thirsty.
(d) It has a musty tang.

3. In what year does the story begin?
(a) 100
(b) 1973.
(c) 973.
(d) 1873.

4. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?
(a) Because they find her with a knife stuck in her chest.
(b) Because they see no smoke rising from the chimney.
(c) Because they check her pulse.
(d) Because she is not breathing.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 7, where is Merewyn living?
(a) With Alfrida.
(b) At Uther.
(c) At Glastonbury Abbey.
(d) With her aunt, the Abbess Merwinna at Romsey.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to get to the King's Court from Glastonbury Abbey?

2. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?

3. What is Breaca's dying wish?

4. What did the monks do when the Vikings attacked?

5. What did Athelwald tell the King about Earl Ordgar's daughter?

(see the answer key)

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