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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 does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?
(a) A deed to land in France.
(b) A marriage proposal.
(c) A letter.
(d) A castle.

2. How long ago did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 1 week ago.
(c) 9 years earlier.
(d) 1 year ago.

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

4. Who does Edward wed?
(a) Ordgara.
(b) Gunner's sister, Elgifu, daughter to the Earl of Yorkshire.
(c) Merewyn.
(d) Edgive.

5. The novel follows the history of England's raids by whom?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Saxons.
(c) The Normans.
(d) The Celts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sister Herluva run to find Merewyn?

2. With whom does Dunstan suggest that Rumon marry and have children?

3. Why does Alfrida not want Ethelred to attend Edward's coronation?

4. Who are the two main characters?

5. Who is the King of England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, look when Rumon first sees him?

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

5. What happened when Edward's body thane, Gunnar, is sent to Alfrida on Coronation Eve?

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

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

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

9. What did Rumon say to Merewyn in his letter that he sent to her at the Abbey?

10. When Bishop Ethelwold visited Abbess Merwinna, what did he say happened to Alfhere?

(see the answer keys)

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