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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Herger do when Ibn falls asleep while waiting for the wendols?
(a) Kicks him in the shins.
(b) Pours a bucket of water over him.
(c) Shoots an arrow at his head.
(d) Covers him with dirt.

3. Why is Ibn extremely fearful when they are on the cliffs?
(a) He hates seagulls.
(b) He does not want to scale them.
(c) He is afraid of heights.
(d) They are near the wendols.

4. What does Buliwyf do when he comes to Ibn?
(a) Sits down beside him.
(b) Slaps him in the face.
(c) Hands him a glass of wine.
(d) Tells him to go to bed.

5. What does Ibn find distasteful about the Northwomen with whom he spends time the night after the first battle, besides her physical appearance?
(a) Her chaste behavior.
(b) Her speech.
(c) Her odor.
(d) Her crude jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Ibn about the Northmen's attitude after the first battle?

2. What does Ibn see when one of the warriors shouts?

3. What does Herger tell Ibn when Ibn says he is afraid?

4. What does Herger tell Berger about when the wendol sleep?

5. What happens to Ibn's writing after he leaves the Northmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ibn see as the wendol approach at night and what does he think it is?

2. What does Herger tell Ibn about the wendol's mother?

3. What does Buliwyf tell Ibn and ask him to do?

4. What do the riders see when they look down on an encampment?

5. How does Wiglif end up dead?

6. How does Ibn meet up and get to know a Northwoman?

7. What is the landscape like in the Desert of Dread?

8. What is one of the new defenses around Hurot and what do the women do with water and why do they do it?

9. How are wounded warriors treated for their wounds?

10. How does Herger take care of a man who wants to kill Buliwyf?

(see the answer keys)

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