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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the Viking ships not go ashore and attack the Abbey?
(a) They are stopped by English fighters.
(b) They lose their way.
(c) The severe storm sinks the Vikings.
(d) They take thunder and a bolt of lightening as a sign that Thor is angry.

3. Who does the Prior think Rumon is when the Prior first meets him?
(a) A generous benefactor.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) His illigitimate son.
(d) A spy.

4. How does the Archbishop feel about the Queen?
(a) He wished she would love him as much as he loves her.
(b) He loves her as much as all her subjects.
(c) He doesn't trust her.
(d) He is struck by her beauty.

5. What does Bishop Ehtelwold donate?
(a) A piece of the true cross.
(b) Three hairs of a lock of the Blessed Virgin's.
(c) Land that belongs to him.
(d) Gold that he has collected.

6. When Rumon meets Breaca of Uther, what does he notices?
(a) That she has only one leg.
(b) That she is in failing health.
(c) That she is dead.
(d) That she is dying.

7. How does Edward die?
(a) Ethelred stabs Edward in the heart.
(b) His foot is entangled in his horse's stirrup and he is dragged, face down, over the rocks.
(c) Cild and Wulfgar jump Edward and beat him.
(d) Alfrida poisons him.

8. To whom does King Edgar give the thrown?
(a) Ethelred.
(b) Alfrida.
(c) Rumon.
(d) His first born son, Edward.

9. What is mixed into Rumon's draught?
(a) Rat poison.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Nightshade.
(d) Hemlock.

10. 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.

11. How old was King Edgar?
(a) 59.
(b) 40.
(c) 31.
(d) 23.

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

13. How long does it take to get to the King's Court from Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) Not long at all.
(b) A few hours.
(c) A week.
(d) Two days.

14. What happens to make the Council want to crown King Edgar's choice to succeed him?
(a) A miracle.
(b) The Queen.
(c) They see that Edward is the best choice.
(d) Their love for King Edgar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story begin?

2. How does Alfhere deal with Alfrida's behavior?

3. What does Alfrida do when she realizes Rumon hasn't drunk the poison?

4. With whom does Dunstan suggest that Rumon marry and have children?

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

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