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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Northmen view warriors who die in bed or as old men?
(a) As very wise.
(b) As the leaders in the community.
(c) As cowards.
(d) As the best there is.

2. Why are the remaining wendol marching on Hurot?
(a) To surrender.
(b) To avenge their mother's death.
(c) To offer presents.
(d) To learn about the Northmen's gods.

3. What do Herger and Ibn do right before Ibn leaves?
(a) Slap each other in the face.
(b) Trade war souvenirs.
(c) Exchange swords.
(d) Grip each others' shoulders in friendship.

4. Why do the men not take a break between battles?
(a) They are still hyped up.
(b) So the wounded who are going to die can fight their last battle.
(c) They will lose any battle they do not pursue immediately, they think.
(d) It is the way it always is.

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

6. When does Buliwyf have seven horses prepared?
(a) The night after the second attack.
(b) As soon as Ibn's wounds are tended.
(c) Mid-morning after the second attack.
(d) In the late afternoon after the second attack.

7. Why does Buliwyf talk slowly to Ibn?
(a) So Ibn can understand him.
(b) Buliwyf talks slowly to everyone.
(c) Because he is drunk.
(d) Because Herger has told Buliwyf that Ibn is a little slow.

8. What does Herger do after he talks to Ibn?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Slaps Ibn in the face as is custom during a feast.
(c) Leaves to talk to Buliwyf.
(d) Finds a woman.

9. What does Buliwyf do when they offer him onion soup back at the hall?
(a) Refuses it.
(b) Drinks it.
(c) Says he will eat it when it cools.
(d) Knocks it out of the woman's hand.

10. What does Herger continually ask Ibn about?
(a) Ibn's religion.
(b) Ibn's family.
(c) Ibn's reasons for wanting to leave.
(d) Ibn's country.

11. How many weeks does Ibn spend with the Northmen before he is ready to leave?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Several.
(d) Seven.

12. Why does Herger ride forward to talk to Buliwyf?
(a) He doesn't want to ride with a coward.
(b) He wants to be one of the first to encounter any fighting.
(c) He wants to tell him the quote Ibn said to him.
(d) He wants to find out their strategy.

13. With what are the arms of the throne-like chair found covered?
(a) Animal fur.
(b) Blood and brain matter.
(c) Excrement.
(d) Carvings of words.

14. What does Ibn see when one of the warriors shouts?
(a) A group of horsemen arrayed in a line.
(b) A massive bonfire.
(c) Firery points floating through the air.
(d) A large bear sniffing the berm.

15. What happens to Ibn's writing after he leaves the Northmen?
(a) He switches to the third person.
(b) The manuscript ends abruptly.
(c) He becomes more descriptive.
(d) It does not change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the warriors take with them when they leave to find the glowworm?

2. How many of the wendol does Ibn slay?

3. What does Buliwyf ask Ibn about the dwarfs?

4. How does Ibn feel about what Herger told him about Buliwyf's plan?

5. What is inside the ditch for the new fortifications?

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