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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What path would the Saxon armies have left on?
(a) Frasse.
(b) Fusse.
(c) Fosse.
(d) Flisse.

2. What occupation does Derfel take after his battling is done?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Banker.
(c) Scribe.
(d) Historian.

3. What are the crosses on the shields symbolic of?
(a) Alliance.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Victory.

4. Who does Derfel send a message to when he is trapped by the Saxon armies?
(a) Galahad.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Bors.

5. Who is with the King when Derfel delivers his message?
(a) The royal guards.
(b) The feasting hall guests.
(c) His two sons.
(d) Lancelot and Bors.

6. What is the name of Gawain's father?
(a) Burdin.
(b) Bidric.
(c) Burdric.
(d) Budic.

7. What was the occupation of the narrator of this book?
(a) Armorer.
(b) Warlord.
(c) Magician.
(d) Blacksmith.

8. Who do the Druids usually sacrifice in their rituals?
(a) Virgins.
(b) The sons of kings.
(c) Old kings and queens.
(d) Traitors from other lands.

9. How do Arthur's men feel about putting crosses on their shield?
(a) Willing.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Angry.

10. What are there barrels of in the Temple of Mithras?
(a) Sea salt.
(b) Vinegar.
(c) Bones.
(d) Acid.

11. When will the Saxons hold a festival for Eostre?
(a) During the next new moon.
(b) After the Easter solstice.
(c) During the feast of Beltane.
(d) At the changing of the tide.

12. Where are the Saxon armies camped out when Arthur plans to attack them?
(a) The hilly slope.
(b) The valley.
(c) The Roman ruins.
(d) The seaside.

13. How does Arthur say Christians practice human sacrifice?
(a) Their propensity for self flagellation.
(b) The images of dead men.
(c) Christ's crucifixion.
(d) Worshipping dead saints.

14. Why do Arthur and his men all put crosses on their shields?
(a) It is the price of Gwent's alliance.
(b) He is humbling himself before God.
(c) It is a Druid symbol.
(d) He thinks it will soften the hearts of the Saxons.

15. Who helps Lancelot try to overthrow Arthur?
(a) The Christians.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Miriam.
(d) The Druids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King give Derfel before he leaves?

2. Where does Merlin say he talks to the gods?

3. What does the surprising thing at the end of Derfel's fight cause the Saxon king to do?

4. What does Merlin do when he sees what Derfel has brought into the temple for him?

5. What direction does Arthur first think the Saxons are going to attack from?

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