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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Odo friendly to Merewyn?
(a) He recognizes Merewyn from years earlier.
(b) He's a monk and monks should be friendly.
(c) He wants her to have good things to say about him when she gets to Court.
(d) He is hoping she and her Viking son won't hurt him.

2. How many ships set sail from the western Fjords in the Spring?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 3.

3. What has happened to Merewyn since she was taken by the Vikings?
(a) She has escaped into the wilderness of Iceland.
(b) She has gone on a hunger strike.
(c) She has married and has a 15-month-old son.
(d) She has yet to speak to her captors.

4. When do Finian and Rumon first sense that something is wrong on their journey to find Merewyn?
(a) When they come across a burned shop.
(b) When they reach the church.
(c) When they reach the Camel River.
(d) When they reach Tre-Uther.

5. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?
(a) The year 999.
(b) The year 1002.
(c) The year 1000.
(d) The year 1005.

6. How long is it since the Viking raid at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 3 years.

7. Why does Queen Elgifu need constant nursing?
(a) She was hurt in a riding accident.
(b) She was attacked in the last Viking attack.
(c) She delivers a still born baby, and afterward simply deteriorates.
(d) She has a deadly illness.

8. Who asks to join King Sweyn?
(a) Erik the Red.
(b) Orm.
(c) Canute.
(d) Ketil.

9. What does Rumon realize when he sees Merewyn at the place where she has taken her aunt's heart?
(a) Merewyn has never been far from his thoughts.
(b) He is lost.
(c) He has been a fool.
(d) Merewyn's aunt is dead.

10. What is held every year on the eastern plain of Reykjavik?
(a) The sacrifice to Thor.
(b) The national sheep shearing contest.
(c) The Althing.
(d) The Carnival.

11. What mountains does Merewyn have a view of from her home?
(a) The Pyrenees.
(b) The Hafnarfell.
(c) The Icelandic Alps.
(d) The Urals.

12. Who leads the Viking attacks?
(a) King Sweyn and his son Canute of Denmark.
(b) Orm.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) Ketil.

13. What do Sigurd, Merewyn, Orm, and Ketil call their new home?
(a) Rich Port.
(b) New Tre-Uther.
(c) Langarfoss.
(d) Ketilvik.

14. Who is found dead after Rumon and Finian see that Tre-Uther is burned?
(a) Dunstan and another bishop.
(b) Alfrida and Ethelred.
(c) Caw and Godo.
(d) Merewyn and her servants.

15. How does Merewyn feel toward Elgifu?
(a) She feels pitty but she never really warms to the Queen.
(b) She resents her.
(c) She loves her like a sister.
(d) She hates her.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Thorbjorg tells Sigurd and Merewyn about Ketil, what does Thorbjorg say about Merewyn ?

2. What does Orm try out as with King Sweyn's men?

3. What does Rumon offer to do for Merewyn when he meets her at the place where she has taken her aunt's heart?

4. What does Bishop Ethelwold do when he returns to the Abbey in October?

5. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?

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