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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ibn join the revelry?

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

4. Why does Buliwyf talk slowly to Ibn?

5. With what is the valley they come to filled?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Wiglif end up dead?

2. How are wounded warriors treated for their wounds?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the only time Ibn can observe the Northmen showing any emotions about the first battle with the wendol?

10. What does Buliwyf do as they are heading back to Rothgar's Hall and why? What does Ibn think about Herger's information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Eaters of the Dead is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Eaters of the Dead" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if this is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for young teens versus adults? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Eaters of the Dead" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

Wyglif's possessions are divided into three parts: one for his family, one to purchase a girl to die with him, and the last to be buried alongside him. A wild party ensues in which the Northmen get very drunk and indulge their pleasures with various women. A woman comes forward to say she will be buried with Wyglif. The girl is taken into a hut where she is raped by all of Wyglif's men. She is then held down by two men while the Angel of Death slits the girl's throat.

1. Discuss the status of slaves in the Northmen society based on the statement above. Use examples from "Eaters of the Dead" and your own research to support your answer.

2. Discuss the status of women in a culture that encourages gang rape of a woman. Use examples from the book and your own research to support your answer.

3. How do you think the above burial practice, if viewed from a modern perspective, might demonstrate the evolution of the human race? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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