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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has been casting spells on Ceinwyn?
(a) Arwen.
(b) Nimue.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Olwen.

2. What causes most of the boats to overturn?
(a) Spells.
(b) A storm.
(c) Flaming arrows.
(d) Holes in the boats.

3. What kind of city is Isca?
(a) Druid.
(b) Viking.
(c) Roman.
(d) Britain.

4. How is Lancelot killed?
(a) He is hung.
(b) He is burned.
(c) He is disemboweled.
(d) He is beheaded.

5. Who dies with the bishop?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His son.

6. Who saves Derfel after he is captured?
(a) Caerwyn.
(b) Taliesin.
(c) Guinevere.
(d) Arthur.

7. How are the king of the refuge country and Arthur related?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are brothers-in-law.
(c) They are half-brothers.
(d) They are cousins.

8. Who kills Nimue's prisoner?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Orwen.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Nimue.

9. How many enemy heads make up the ghost fence?
(a) 48.
(b) 36.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

10. 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 beaten in public.
(d) He is slandered.

11. What color is Excalibur?
(a) Silver.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gold.
(d) Black.

12. What is the river that Derfel finds Caddwg on?
(a) Ese.
(b) Ete.
(c) Efe.
(d) Exe.

13. What does Arthur say to do with Lancelot's sword?
(a) Give it to Guinevere.
(b) Bury it.
(c) Melt it down.
(d) Throw it in the river.

14. What signals the coming of the Saxons at the end of the book?
(a) Blasts on a horn.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Flares.
(d) Drums.

15. What does Derfel enjoy about Aque Sulis?
(a) The good food.
(b) The Roman baths.
(c) The cheap women.
(d) The nice bedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Prydwen?

2. Who catches Lancelot?

3. What does Derfel do before killing Aelle?

4. What is Issa's occupation?

5. Who does Argante marry after Arthur returns to Guinevere?

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