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

3. Who's hand in marriage does King Ethelred ask for?
(a) Emma, the Duke of Normandy's sister.
(b) Thora's.
(c) The oldest daughter of the Duke of Somerset.
(d) Merewyn's.

4. What is Rumon doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) He and Brother Finian continue their journey to find Merewyn.
(b) He is telling his grandchildren the story of how he found Merewyn, their grandmother.
(c) He and Merewyn are being married.
(d) He is working in the garden, having given up hope of ever finding Merewyn.

5. Who does Merewyn see coming up the road on horseback as she waves good-bye to Asgerd?
(a) Rumon and Jorund, his companion.
(b) Sigurd.
(c) Ketil.
(d) Asgerd.

6. What does Merewyn tell Orm is the proper protocol when they meet the Abbot of Glastonbury?
(a) It is proper for him to shake the Abbot's left hand with his right to show him he bears no weapons.
(b) It is proper for him to kneel before the Abbot.
(c) It is proper for him to kiss the Abbot's ring.
(d) It is proper for him to bow to the Abbot.

7. What is working its way through the Western Settlement in Greenland?
(a) A famine.
(b) A sickness.
(c) Bad weather.
(d) Marauders.

8. What does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?
(a) He hides.
(b) He has magnificent feasts.
(c) He wallows in self pity and drunkenness.
(d) He fights back.

9. Who tells Rumon and Finian that there is trouble?
(a) A young Cornish child.
(b) A local merchant running from the scene.
(c) Merewyn.
(d) A bishop.

10. What does Ketil call Merewyn?
(a) Dottir.
(b) The English Woman.
(c) The Slave.
(d) The Captive.

11. What does Odo purchase from Merewyn?
(a) A Viking helmet and shield.
(b) The Bylgja and a Narwhal horn.
(c) Wool from Merewyn's sheep in Greenland.
(d) Food she had brought for the journey.

12. How does Merewyn react to what Rumon tells her when they sit down at twilight?
(a) She cries with sadness that her aunt is not there.
(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 joy.

13. What does Merewyn do to avoid Rumon after what happens at twilight on the top of the Tor?
(a) She dons a nun's habit and hides among them.
(b) She prays fervently in the church.
(c) She rouses her servants at three in the morning and leaves.
(d) She locks herself in her room and refuses to come out.

14. What is the name of the chief Viking?
(a) Orm Sigurdsson.
(b) Erik Thorvaldson.
(c) Sigurd.
(d) Ketil Redbeard.

15. Who does King Sweyn leave behind in England?
(a) His wife and Canute.
(b) One of his Viking ships.
(c) His sister and husband and their son.
(d) His 3 daughters.