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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: "The Whistler in the Dawn".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Cradoc's wife?
(a) Valaria.
(b) Margarita.
(c) Guinhumara.
(d) Narcissa.

2. Where does Uncle Aquila say the only woman he ever cared for is buried in Chapter 5?
(a) Isca.
(b) Glevum.
(c) Clusium.
(d) Durinum.

3. What shapes on the shield-boss does Esca say expresses the nature of his people in Chapter 7?
(a) Curves.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Zig-zags.
(d) Straight lines.

4. What does the word "Tophet" (40) refer to in Chapter 3?
(a) Man.
(b) Hell.
(c) Woman.
(d) Heaven.

5. What is the name of Uncle Aquila's old Greek body-slave?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Tartarus.
(c) Lutorius.
(d) Stephanos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marcus call his wolf cub that he adopts?

2. What is the name of Kaeso's wife?

3. From what tribe has Cottia and her family descended?

4. What word from the novel refers to an open-roofed central court in an ancient Roman home?

5. What is indicated by the appearance of the Eagle in the far North in Chapter 10?

(see the answer key)

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