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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Esca tells Marcus that he told the man who bought their horses that they were sired from whose stables?
(a) Claudius Hieronimianus's.
(b) Queen Cartimandua's.
(c) Perseus's.
(d) Centurion Clodius Maximus's.

3. Where does Esca sell his and Marcus's horses in Chapter 17?
(a) Isca.
(b) Cluta.
(c) Eburacum.
(d) Calleva.

4. 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 Catuvellauni.
(c) The Red Mountain.
(d) The Three Hills.

5. What is Esca's full name?
(a) Esca Lutus Procyon.
(b) Esca Lutorius.
(c) Esca Clodius Maximus.
(d) Esca Mac Cunoval.

6. Who is the Chieftain of the hunting party that Marcus encounters in Chapter 14?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Pilum.
(c) Beppo.
(d) Dergdian.

7. Who raised the old fort at Trinomontium?
(a) Tartarus.
(b) Perseus.
(c) Guinhumara.
(d) Agricola.

8. What are Marcus and Esca upset that they lost near the water in Chapter 16?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A ring-brooch.
(c) The Eagle.
(d) A signet ring.

9. What animal is the hunting party that Marcus encounters bringing back to their village in Chapter 14?
(a) A boar.
(b) An elk.
(c) A deer.
(d) A goat.

10. What is the name of Marcus's mare that he takes on his mission?
(a) Crona.
(b) Narcissa.
(c) Vipsania.
(d) Minna.

11. The Wall in the North is described as spanning from Luguvallium to where in Chapter 11?
(a) Anderida.
(b) Eburacum.
(c) Segedunum.
(d) Durinum.

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

13. How many lives were lost in the recovering of the "winged god" (196), according to the Chieftan's grandfather in Chapter 15?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

14. What does the Eagle represent symbolically to Marcus?
(a) A wealth of money.
(b) His brother's reputation.
(c) Marriage.
(d) His father's reputation.

15. What loch do Marcus and the others pass in Chapter 14?
(a) The Loch of the Celts.
(b) The Loch Ness.
(c) The Loch of Many Islets.
(d) The Loch of Icy Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rufrius Galarius provide for Marcus when he set out on his mission in the North?

2. Where do Marcus and Esca drop off their horses upon arriving home in Calleva?

3. What does Marcus wrap the Eagle in when it is placed in the altar in Chapter 20?

4. Who do not dance at the Feast of the New Spears in Chapter 15?

5. What does Esca say he traded a black piglet for in Chapter 17?

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