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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Abbess speak of to the nuns during the interviews?
(a) The nuns lack of courage.
(b) The nuns lack of faith that God will protect them.
(c) The nuns final vows.
(d) Devotion and Faith.

2. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?
(a) To Uther.
(b) To the grave of King Arthur.
(c) To the crypt in the Abbey.
(d) To the King.

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

4. What does Merewyn and her husband raise on their land?
(a) Sheep and horses.
(b) Goats.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Cattle.

5. Three days after speaking with the Abbot of Glastonbury, where do Merewyn and her children arrive?
(a) At Rumon's doorstep.
(b) At Romsey Abbey in Hampshire.
(c) At the place where Tre-Uther used to be.
(d) At Court.

6. Which country does regular trade with Greenland in 1000?
(a) Finland.
(b) Norway.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Iceland.

7. After Thorbjorg tells Sigurd and Merewyn about Ketil, what does Thorbjorg say about Merewyn ?
(a) Merewyn will die in the upcoming epidemic.
(b) Merewyn will have several more children but only 1 will survive to adulthood.
(c) Thorbjorg sees big changes for Merewyn and Merewyn will not die in Greenland.
(d) Merewyn will marry the stranger from England in the years ahead.

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

9. Where does Merewyn and her family live?
(a) In England.
(b) In the capital of Iceland.
(c) In Ireland.
(d) In Western Iceland, near the Bogarfjord.

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

11. What does Merewyn ask the Abbot?
(a) Would he baptize her children?
(b) Could she stay at the Abbey?
(c) Where Rumon is.
(d) Who is king now?

12. What kind of a ruler is Ethelred?
(a) Feared.
(b) Beloved.
(c) Courageous.
(d) Ineffective.

13. How do the people at the feast react to the commands that Leif presents to them?
(a) Most refuse to be baptized outright.
(b) Most leave the feast immediately without celebrating in protest.
(c) Despite reluctance, everyone knows that trade is directly tied to their obedience in matters such as these.
(d) A huge fight breaks out among the men.

14. What commands does Leif present to the people when he arrives at the feast?
(a) The people of Greenland must stop going after Vikings.
(b) The people of Greenland must raise more sheep.
(c) The people of Greenland must return to Iceland.
(d) The King of Norway wants everyone baptized right away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take the ships to get to the land Erik speaks of?

2. What does the Abbot think Merewyn and her group want?

3. What does the Abbot suggest to Merewyn regarding her question?

4. How does Merewyn feel about going to the place Erik speaks of?

5. What does Merewyn tell the Abbot she wants?

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