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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Marcus claim to be from when he is talking with the Chieftan's grandfather in Chapter 15?
(a) Britain.
(b) Arabia.
(c) Rome.
(d) Greece.

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

5. 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 Three Hills.
(d) The Red Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long ago does Guern say it was when the men of the Legion carried out the Procurator's order to dispossess the Queen of the Iceni?

3. What is Esca's full name?

4. Where is the secret path that Guern leads Marcus and Esca through in Chapter 18?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Guern help Marcus and Esca in Chapter 18?

2. What is done with the Eagle in Chapter 20?

3. How does Tradui describe the eradication of the Ninth Legion in Chapter 15?

4. Why does the song sung by Guern catch Marcus's attention?

5. How do Marcus and Esca evade their pursuers in Chapter 17?

6. How is Hadrian's Wall described? Where is it located?

7. How has Cub changed when Marcus returns in Chapter 20?

8. Why are Marcus and Esca welcomed into the village of Dergdian's people?

9. How is Guern's appearance described when he is introduced?

10. What did Guern do after abandoning the Ninth Legion?

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