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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. Why does Rumon leave Alfrida's castle at noon and return to his own lodgings?
(a) To reflect upon his good fortune.
(b) To don his best clothes in anticipation of his betrothal announcement to the King.
(c) To pack his things for his trip to Ireland.
(d) To nap before the big party.

2. Who does Rumon see Alfrida give a cup to?
(a) Merewyn.
(b) Edward.
(c) Dunstan.
(d) Ethelred.

3. Whom does the King summon shortly after Dunstan's and Rumon's discussion?
(a) Dunstan and Rumon.
(b) Dunstan.
(c) Edgive.
(d) Rumon.

4. What is Breaca's dying wish?
(a) That Merewyn be told the truth of her identity.
(b) That Merwyn be named to the King's Court.
(c) That Merewyn be married to Rumon.
(d) That Merewyn be taken to her aunt, Uther's sister, in Shaftsbury.

5. Why did the King dispatch Earl Athelwald of East Anglia to do?
(a) Murder Rumon.
(b) Bring an important message to Queen Edgive.
(c) Visit the daughter of Earl Ordgar on his behalf and report back her looks and behavior.
(d) Fight the Vikings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two main characters?

2. What does Bishop Ehtelwold donate?

3. Who presents Rumon to the King?

4. Where is Rumon headed when he meets Merewyn?

5. What does Rumon try to get from the monks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the monastery behind the small church that is dedicated to St. Petroc look like when Rumon saw it for the first time?

3. On the feast of the Assumption, how does Merewyn describe the Abbey's gardens as she sat in them beside Elfled on the well curb?

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

5. How does Elfled describe the dream she had to Merewyn while in Ramsey Abbey's garden on the feast of the Assumption?

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

7. Describe Brother Finian.

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

9. How has Merewyn changed since she first came to work for Alfrida in the Queen's Bower?

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

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