3. What does the Abbess suggest Merewyn to do once her pilgrimage is over?
(a) Marry Rumon and have children.
(b) Go back to Court.
(c) Become a nun.
(d) Go to Uther.

4. What does Merewyn want for Orm in England?
(a) An education.
(b) A position of Thane.
(c) A dog.
(d) A wife.

5. What does Erik tell Ketil when Ketil finds him in the evening?
(a) That Ketil should not have looked so hard for him because Erik would have found Ketil.
(b) That Ketil looked old and tired.
(c) That Erik sailed west to a land where grasslands bordered a central ice cap.
(d) That Erik's wife was expecting their 5th child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country does regular trade with Greenland in 1000?

2. What does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?

3. Who does King Sweyn leave behind in England?

4. What does Merewyn tell Orm is the proper protocol when they meet the Abbot of Glastonbury?

5. How does Merewyn feel toward Elgifu?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Merewyn's mother-in-law, Asgerd feel about Merewyn?

2. What was Ethelred like in the year 1002?

3. How did Merewyn describe the Hafnarfell Mountains?

4. Why couldn't Merewyn get the land grants and the title of Thane for Orm that she wanted in the year 1002?

5. When Brother Finian told Rumon that he smelled smoke as they came to the broad estuary of the Camel River in their search for Merewyn, how did Rumon respond to Finian?

6. What is Thora, Merewyn's daughter, like in June of 1000?

7. How does Merewyn describe Thorbjorg, the seeress from Brattalid?

8. How did Ketil react to Merewyn's plea for him not to go a-viking anymore?

9. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?

10. What did Merewyn see as the differences between Greenland and Iceland?

(see the answer keys)

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