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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen, The Death Throes of the Wendol.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ibn see at the mountains?
(a) Goats that climb sheer cliffs.
(b) Hot springs gushing from them.
(c) A multitude of caves.
(d) Wild men with strange tattoos.

2. What do the warriors do when they reach Rothgar's hall before embarking from the ship?
(a) Put away the sails.
(b) Clean the ship.
(c) Fill their water jugs.
(d) Dress in their battle gear.

3. What kind of toast does Wiglif make to Buliwyf?
(a) He makes no toast.
(b) The traditional toast to a man about to die.
(c) One that has both praise and insult.
(d) A very long, rambling toast.

4. Why are Ibn and his party taken captive?
(a) They are thought to be spies.
(b) They practice the wrong religion.
(c) They are thought to carry the plague.
(d) They have not paid the wheel wright.

5. How many shields does a man get when in a Viking duel?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?

2. What town does Herger point out to Ibn when they are on the ship?

3. How does Buliwyf find the concept of blessing food?

4. With what are the arms of the throne-like chair found covered?

5. Where is a dead Northman's body placed?

(see the answer key)

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