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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Caddwg told to do by Derfel?
(a) Be a distraction.
(b) Fend off Nimue's people.
(c) Take Arthur to safety.
(d) Hide Guinevere.

2. Who catches Lancelot?
(a) Derfel.
(b) Arhtur.
(c) Argante.
(d) Guinevere.

3. What is the name of Derfel's daughter who is killed?
(a) Dian.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Desire.
(d) Darla.

4. What does Sagramor and his men promise to do until Arthur leaves?
(a) Guard him.
(b) Stay on the lookout.
(c) Heal him.
(d) Rest.

5. How many men arrive with Sagramor.
(a) 61.
(b) 58.
(c) 83.
(d) 72.

6. Who is the King of the place where Arthur takes refuge?
(a) Budic.
(b) Buric.
(c) Burdic.
(d) Budric.

7. Why will Mordred's throne be available to claim if he dies?
(a) He has no children.
(b) He wrote that in his will.
(c) He will have died in defeat.
(d) His marriage is not official.

8. What does Guinevere make a pillow for Arthur out of?
(a) A sail.
(b) Her lap.
(c) His cloak.
(d) A dead goose.

9. How long does Caddwg say he will need before he can do what Derfel tells him to do?
(a) One day.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Twelve hours.
(d) Two days.

10. Where does the shrouded woman take Derfel when she tries to save Ceinwyn?
(a) The valley.
(b) The meadow.
(c) The mountain.
(d) The inlet.

11. What is Prydwen?
(a) A city.
(b) A boat.
(c) A fortress.
(d) A weapon.

12. What does one man tell Arthur before he is killed at the shore?
(a) Nimue has taken over.
(b) Argante is dead.
(c) Mordred has escaped.
(d) Morgaine has gone insane.

13. What is done to Derfel to humiliate him by his captors?
(a) His beard is cut off.
(b) He is forced to walk the streets naked.
(c) He is slandered.
(d) He is beaten in public.

14. What does Derfel find when he returns to Dun Caric?
(a) His wife has left him.
(b) His daughter is with child.
(c) His station has been filled.
(d) His people have been killed.

15. Who binds Arthur's wound at the end of the book?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Bors.
(c) Guinevere.
(d) Galahad.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Taliesin say he communicated with Merlin?

2. Who jumps off the boat to stay with Derfel as the boat with Arthur sails away?

3. Why does Queen Igraine stop talking with Derfel?

4. What must be used to restore order in Aque Sulis?

5. How are the king of the refuge country and Arthur related?

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