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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Gunnar bear?
(a) That he is leaving for Norway.
(b) That Alfrida is dying.
(c) That 7 shiploads of Vikings are on their way for plunder.
(d) That he is to be married.

2. How does Merewyn react to what Rumon tells her when they sit down at twilight?
(a) She cries with joy.
(b) She is horrified that he would think that she is good enough to bed but not to wed.
(c) She accepts his offer and goes with him to the tower.
(d) She cries with sadness that her aunt is not there.

3. What does Merewyn ask the Abbot?
(a) Where Rumon is.
(b) Would he baptize her children?
(c) Could she stay at the Abbey?
(d) Who is king now?

4. Why is Gunnar disgusted when he goes to the Abbey?
(a) He is feared by the sisters.
(b) He can't believe that he has found Merewyn in an abbey.
(c) Because his sister, Elgifu, who was Edward's wife, is being given to Ethelred.
(d) He was treated badly by Alfrida.

5. Who are the two main characters?
(a) Gundred of Roche and Breaca of Uther.
(b) Merewyn of Uther and Romieux de Provence.
(c) Queen Edgive of Arles and King Edgar of England.
(d) Caw and Trig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Queen of England?

2. What does Merewyn do to avoid Rumon after what happens at twilight on the top of the Tor?

3. What does Merewyn and her husband raise on their land?

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

5. What does Erik tell Ketil when Ketil finds him in the evening?

(see the answer key)

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