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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rumon ask Merewyn in Chapter 7?
(a) To forgot she ever knew him.
(b) To go to France with him.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To forgive him for doubting her and to keep him in her prayers.

2. Why does Merewyn leave home?
(a) She is making a pilgrimage to St. Gundred's Well at Roche.
(b) To go to the King's Court.
(c) To visit her sister at the convent.
(d) To be married.

3. What does King Edward ask Alfrida through Gunner?
(a) Would she marry Gunner.
(b) Why did you murder my father.
(c) Which property she would like as her Dower House.
(d) Would she kindly mind her own business.

4. What is the name of Earl Ordgar's daughter?
(a) Eneda.
(b) Ordgara.
(c) Alfrida.
(d) Arles.

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

6. Who is the King of England?
(a) King Athelwald.
(b) King Edgar.
(c) King Dunstan.
(d) King Arthur.

7. 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.

8. What does Breaca of Uther tell Rumon about the monks?
(a) That she is in love with one of the friars.
(b) That her son lives with them.
(c) That they are useless.
(d) That they are the holiest of men.

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

10. What announcement does Alfrida want to make at dinner that evening after Yuletide?
(a) Her love for Edward.
(b) Her pregnancy.
(c) Her engagement to Rumon.
(d) That she is leaving for the convent the following day.

11. What other name is Romieux de Provence known by?
(a) King Edgar.
(b) Robert of Provence.
(c) Romulan.
(d) Rumon.

12. Who celebrates Edward's requiem mass?
(a) Archbishop Dunstan alone.
(b) There is no mass. Edward is buried quickly.
(c) Dunstan and Bishop Ethelwold.
(d) Bishop Ethelwold alone.

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

14. Why does Queen Alfrida lose her status at Court?
(a) Because she treated Edward badly.
(b) Because she has already remarried.
(c) Because she did not support his coronation.
(d) Because she is not a blood relation to Edward.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rumon meets Breaca of Uther, what does he notices?

2. What does Alfrida do to surprise Edward shortly after Yuletide passes?

3. When Merewyn sees Gunnar Thoredsson at the Abbey, how does he look?

4. What does Athelwald do after his report to the King?

5. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?

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