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

3. Who presents Rumon to the King?
(a) Archbishop Dunstan.
(b) Queen Alfrida.
(c) Queen Edgive.
(d) Merewyn.

4. How does Court refer to Alfrida after King Edgar dies?
(a) Old Lady.
(b) The former Queen.
(c) They don't refer to her as anything because they do not acknowledge her.
(d) The Witch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sister Herluva run to find Merewyn?

2. How does Edward die?

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

4. What does the Prior tell Rumon about Merewyn?

5. What does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward describe his love, Elgifu?

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

3. Why was the thought of Merewyn painful for Rumon as he talked to Dunstan outside his guesthouse rooms at Glastonbury Abbey?

4. Why did Alfrida consent to marry Rumon when he asked her again the day after Christmas?

5. How did Rumon decorated his rooms in the Glastonbury Abbey guesthouse during the 2 years he lived there?

6. What happened between Alfrida and Alfhere when Alfhere burst into Alfrida's bower after he heard that Ethelred would not attend Edward's Coronation?

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

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

9. Describe Brother Finian.

10. Is Breaca, Merewyn's mother, crazy as Rumon thinks she is when he meets her at the beginning of Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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