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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the letter in Chapter One request?
(a) That someone be sent to help fight the monsters in the mists.
(b) Someone be sent to the person in question #15.
(c) That troops on the border be withdrawn.
(d) That aid in the form of food be sent.

2. What does Ibn ask when Herger points out the city in question #67 to him?
(a) To stop for a few days.
(b) To not leave him there with the heathens.
(c) To be put ashore.
(d) To attack the city for gold.

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

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

5. What are the funeral practices for a man of repute in the Oguz?
(a) He is buried a large pit with all his possessions.
(b) He is encased in a stone tomb.
(c) He is hung in the trees.
(d) He is burned on a pyre.

6. What does the boat that arrive contain?
(a) One of Buliwyf's male relatives.
(b) Food for travel.
(c) Buliwyf's wife.
(d) A letter for Ibn.

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

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

9. What does the interpreter say to Ibn's comment?
(a) He agrees that all men are afraid of something.
(b) He says that it always kills someone.
(c) He explains it has to do with their gods.
(d) He does not explain the Northmen.

10. What amazes Ibn about the hall?
(a) Its low ceilings.
(b) Its elegance.
(c) The paintings on the wall.
(d) The number of women in the hall.

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

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

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

14. How does Ibn feel about his coming journey with the Northmen?
(a) Curious.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ibn list the rivers he has crossed?

2. What does Ibn list in his narrative?

3. What is the usual distance between each river crossing?

4. What type of tales does Ibn avoid?

5. What does Buliwyf find in his destroyed village?

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