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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alfrida do to surprise Rumon shortly after Yuletide passes?
(a) She tells him she is pregnant with his child.
(b) She tells him that she is going to the convent.
(c) She tells him she apologized to Edward.
(d) She finally agrees to marry him.

2. What does Breaca make Rumon promise?
(a) That he will get aid from the monastery for them.
(b) That he will not leave them.
(c) That he will marry her daughter.
(d) That he will not tell her daughter that she is a Viking.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did the monks do when the Vikings attacked?
(a) They hid Breaca and her family.
(b) They hid.
(c) They fought alongside Breaca and her family.
(d) They supplied weapons to the people to fight back.

9. How does Alfhere deal with Alfrida's behavior?
(a) He comforts her.
(b) He breaks down the door.
(c) He brutally rapes her.
(d) He hits her back.

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

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

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

13. What message does Gunner deliver from Edward to Alfrida?
(a) That this would be a good time to consider retiring from Court.
(b) That King Edward means to have her executed.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That she should not speak to the King unless she is spoken to.

14. When Merewyn sees Gunnar Thoredsson at the Abbey, how does he look?
(a) He looks as if demons have possessed him.
(b) He looks tired and sad.
(c) He has a beard that ages him slightly and the devotion that was once in his eyes is gone.
(d) He looks sick and angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?

2. Who celebrates Edward's requiem mass?

3. Why do the Viking ships not go ashore and attack the Abbey?

4. Who is Gunner?

5. Why is Rumon lost?

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