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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Five, The Journey to the Far Country.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ibn do where they stop?
(a) Have a healer look after the horse.
(b) Hires a wheel wright to fix the wagon.
(c) Give the man many gifts.
(d) Rents a room until he is better.

2. Why do the Northmen fear the item in question #55?
(a) It confuses them.
(b) It burns their fair skin.
(c) They are sailors.
(d) It can destroy a house.

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

4. What does Ibn say about the size of the Northmen?
(a) They look about the same size as his people.
(b) They are somewhat tall but almost skeletal.
(c) They are short but broad.
(d) They are virtual giants.

5. What is the usual distance between each river crossing?
(a) One day.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Two to four days.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language do Herger and Ibn share?

2. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?

3. How long are the Northmen on the river for the first leg of Ibn's journey?

4. What does Ibn list in his narrative?

5. About what people does Ibn begin writing about in Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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