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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: "The Healer with the Knife".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to fetch Esca the slave and bring him to Uncle Aquila's home in Chapter 6?
(a) Procyon.
(b) Herpinius.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Stephanos.

2. What rank are Legion Commanders almost always, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Governor's rank.
(b) Layman's rank.
(c) Senator's rank.
(d) Emperor's rank.

3. Who is the Tribune that Esca describes getting into a quarrel with at the wolf-hunt in Chapter 6?
(a) Procyon.
(b) Lucius Urbanus.
(c) Herpinius.
(d) Placidus.

4. What was Cottia's father doing when he was killed?
(a) Hunting boar.
(b) Battling the Celts.
(c) Breaking a horse.
(d) Sailing a ship.

5. What game does "draughts" refer to?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Dominoes.
(c) Chess.
(d) Poker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the family dog that Marcus describes at his family's farm in Chapter 8?

2. Where was Marcus sent upon arriving in Britain in late autumn, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

3. Where does Uncle Aquila say the only woman he ever cared for is buried in Chapter 5?

4. What does the word "cockcrow" (44) refer to in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of Cottia's nurse?

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