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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dunstan suggesting to Rumon after his stay at Glastonbury Abbey?
(a) That Rumon go back to France.
(b) That Rumon leave the Queen alone.
(c) That Rumon find someone to marry.
(d) That Rumon return to Court.

2. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?
(a) A blessing.
(b) Some sort of aid for the house of Uther.
(c) All their gold.
(d) The deed to the land that they stole from him.

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

4. Why is Gunnar disgusted when he goes to the Abbey?
(a) He can't believe that he has found Merewyn in an abbey.
(b) He was treated badly by Alfrida.
(c) He is feared by the sisters.
(d) Because his sister, Elgifu, who was Edward's wife, is being given to Ethelred.

5. Why does Sister Herluva run to find Merewyn?
(a) Merewyn has run away.
(b) Merewyn is late for prayers.
(c) The Abbess has taken a fainting spell and is asking for Merewyn.
(d) The sister has a message for Merewyn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alfrida do to surprise Rumon shortly after Yuletide passes?

2. Why is Rumon lost?

3. The novel follows the history of England's raids by whom?

4. Who insists that Ethelred go to the coronation?

5. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Brother Finian.

2. How does Queen Alfrida look when she arrives in the Great Hall to meet Merewyn and Rumon?

3. What kind of person is Earl Alfhere, Lord of all Mercia, when he is introduced in Chapter 3? What does he look like?

4. What terrible events followed very soon after Edward's Coronation?

5. How did Alfrida act toward Edward in the beginning of Chapter 6?

6. What was Rumon's nightmare on Christmas night after Alfrida had made time to see him earlier in the day?

7. Detail Rumon's vision at Tre-Uther.

8. Describe Rumon's appearance when he first meets Merewyn.

9. Describe Caw when he is first introduced in Chapter 1.

10. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

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