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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. What is inside the ditch for the new fortifications?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) Quicksand.
(c) Water and stakes.
(d) Poisonous snakes.

2. Why do the women cover Hurot with water?
(a) It is Holy water which will repel the enemy.
(b) The wendols are afraid of water.
(c) To keep the glowworm from setting it afire.
(d) So the warriors won't get dehydrated.

3. What does a dwarf tell Buliwyf about the attack in the desert of dread?
(a) It will help the problem.
(b) It was not a hero's enterprise.
(c) He will infuriate the wendol.
(d) It was a brave thing to do.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the landscape look like when it changes?

2. What do the Northwomen look like?

3. What do some of the horses manage to do with the fence?

4. What is the form of the Korgon?

5. What does Ibn ask Herger as they near Hurot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do they see in the largest hut of the wendol camp?

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

4. What do Herger and Ibn think of each others' religion?

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

6. What does Herger tell Ibn about why the Vikings are not more excited after the first battle?

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

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

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

10. What do the warriors do when they reach a region of caves?

(see the answer keys)

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