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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ibn become by the end of Chapter Four?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The thirteenth warrior.
(c) The ambassador to the Northmen.
(d) The husband of Buliwyf's sister.

2. What happens to the weather after the funeral?
(a) It turns icy cold.
(b) A storm comes.
(c) It is sunny and warm.
(d) It begins to snow.

3. For what purpose does Ibn write?
(a) To encourage travel.
(b) Informational.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) To make money.

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

5. 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) A dead horse.
(d) Two swords.

6. With what does Chapter One begin?
(a) A statement of intention.
(b) A recounting of the introduction.
(c) An invocation to Allah.
(d) A lamentation for lives lost.

7. In what does Ibn record his journey?
(a) An official court document.
(b) A book.
(c) In his diary.
(d) In the university scolls.

8. What language do Herger and Ibn share?
(a) Turkish.
(b) Latin.
(c) Greek.
(d) Arabic.

9. Upon what river do several men and horses perish?
(a) The Gayih.
(b) The Nile.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Putnak.

10. How has Ibn acquired most of his knowledge?
(a) From listening to bardic tales.
(b) By traveling.
(c) From his mother.
(d) Out of books.

11. What kind of head do the warriors see on a spike?
(a) Horse.
(b) Ox.
(c) Razorback.
(d) Bear.

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

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

14. Where is a dead Northman's body placed?
(a) Put into a stone tomb.
(b) Buried in the ground.
(c) On a ship.
(d) Burned in the trees.

15. What skill does Ibn say is most noticeable on the first leg of his journey with the Northmen?
(a) Their skills playing chess.
(b) Their fighting skills.
(c) Their sailing skills.
(d) Their ability to woo women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who meets the warriors as they arrive at Rothgar's hall?

2. Why are the warriors of Trelburg clean?

3. What does the number thirteen correspond to in Viking lore?

4. What is the position of the man in question #15?

5. How long was Ibn gone?

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