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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Marcus say he and Esca need a place far from the village huts in Chapter 16?
(a) Esca's illness is highly contagious and deadly.
(b) Marcus must perform powerful magic to heal Esca.
(c) Marcus will be calling in surgeons to attend to Esca.
(d) Esca needs peace and quiet.

2. What kind of trees are described in Chapter 11 as smelling like honey?
(a) Apple trees.
(b) Maple trees.
(c) Rowan trees.
(d) Cherry trees.

3. What does Esca say he traded a black piglet for in Chapter 17?
(a) A loaf of bread.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cloak.
(d) A chicken.

4. Where is the secret path that Guern leads Marcus and Esca through in Chapter 18?
(a) Across the forest trees.
(b) In a cellar.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In a bog.

5. Who is the Commanding Officer that Marcus has the Optio take him to see in Chapter 19?
(a) Centurion Cassius.
(b) Centurion Herpinius.
(c) Centurion Pilum.
(d) Centurion Drusillus.

6. How many warriors from the tribe chase down Marcus and Esca after they have left in Chapter 16?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Nine.

7. Who do not dance at the Feast of the New Spears in Chapter 15?
(a) The warriors.
(b) The women.
(c) The lords.
(d) The men.

8. What do the Celts call Caledonia?
(a) Isca.
(b) Durinum.
(c) Tarstevere.
(d) Albu.

9. What kind of cap does Marcus wear in disguise in Chapter 11?
(a) An Anderida.cap.
(b) A Phrygian cap.
(c) A Mithran cap.
(d) An Athens cap.

10. What word from Chapter 14 refers to honey mead made by the Celtic Druids?
(a) Vocci.
(b) Alerno.
(c) Metheglin.
(d) Palernum.

11. What word in Chapter 12 refers to a flat quick bread baked or cooked from grain?
(a) Pita.
(b) Ludz.
(c) Bannock.
(d) Pilum.

12. What is Guern doing as he whistles in Chapter 17?
(a) Picking berries.
(b) Leading a cow.
(c) Building a fort.
(d) Plowing his farm.

13. In describing the fight against the Red Crests in Chapter 15, the Chieftan's grandfather says that his tribe brought the enemy to bay in the bog country north of what place?
(a) The Green Pasture.
(b) The Three Hills.
(c) The Catuvellauni.
(d) The Red Mountain.

14. What problem does the narrator describe Marcus treating frequently in Valentia in Chapter 12?
(a) Marsh ophthalmia.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) Macular degeneration.
(d) Retinopathy.

15. What has the Chieftan's family been putting on their son's eyes in Chapter 14?
(a) Herbena.
(b) Aloe vera.
(c) Toad's fat.
(d) Deer lard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the red coral bead that is adorned about the neck of the baby in Chapter 13?

2. What song does the stranger with the deer sing when he approaches Marcus and Esca in Chapter 12?

3. How long is the Wall that is described in Chapter 11?

4. What is the only weapon of the tribesmen's that Marcus takes with him in Chapter 19?

5. Esca tells Marcus that he told the man who bought their horses that they were sired from whose stables?

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