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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Wulfgar's father?
(a) Buliwyf.
(b) Thorkel.
(c) Rothgar.
(d) Wyglif.

2. How does Ibn feel at first as he travels with the Northmen?
(a) Like he belongs in their group.
(b) As if he has never lived.
(c) Surrounded by kindred souls.
(d) Isolated and alone.

3. What do the warriors see on the ground at the farmhouse where they stop?
(a) A stack of arranged firewood ready to burn.
(b) Footprints with claw marks.
(c) Two swords.
(d) A dead horse.

4. From whom has a letter arrived where Ibn lives?
(a) Fulati.
(b) Yiltawar.
(c) Niltwin.
(d) Habinar.

5. Why does Ibn liken the Northmen to animals?
(a) They eat their food raw.
(b) They fight over women.
(c) They do not wash after a toilet.
(d) Their language sounds like growling.

6. What do the merchants have primarily in their houses?
(a) Cloth and spices.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Religious artifacts.
(d) Beautiful girls.

7. Why are the warriors of Trelburg clean?
(a) They wash in the river regularly.
(b) They have hot springs inside.
(c) There is 200 days of rain every year.
(d) They swim in the ocean everyday.

8. What type of houses do merchants of the Northmen use?
(a) They build their merchant house in the trees.
(b) Houses with stone exteriors.
(c) Tents.
(d) Large wooden houses.

9. What does Ibn learn during the funeral of the Northmen leader?
(a) Thorkel desires the throne.
(b) Wyglif wants to stay king.
(c) Thorkel wants to marry Buliwyf's daughter.
(d) Buliwyf wants Ibn to marry his sister.

10. How is a man's possessions handled in the Northmen culture when he dies?
(a) They all go to his wife.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They are given away to the poor.
(d) They are divided into three parts.

11. What town does Herger point out to Ibn when they are on the ship?
(a) Venice.
(b) London.
(c) Bulger.
(d) Cairo.

12. Who sees to the comfort of Ibn's party?
(a) Scanmeade.
(b) Trophif.
(c) Wyglif.
(d) Buliwyf.

13. Who choses Ibn to fulfill the letter's request?
(a) The Count of Syri.
(b) The Caliph.
(c) The President of the University.
(d) No one, Ibn volunteers.

14. What kind of clothing do the Northmen wear?
(a) Clothing of fine wool.
(b) Very rough clothing.
(c) Beautiful embroidered jackets.
(d) Clothing of silk and cotton.

15. Who does not go with Ibn on his journey with the Northmen?
(a) His interpreter.
(b) His brother.
(c) His valet.
(d) His religious teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what direction is Ibn's party traveling?

2. What is Trelburg?

3. Where is Ibn sent on his journey?

4. What color is the whale that Ibn sees swimming near the boat?

5. What kind of head do the warriors see on a spike?

(see the answer keys)

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