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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Derfel do before killing Aelle?
(a) Embraces him.
(b) Takes his sword.
(c) Slaps him.
(d) Shakes his hand.

3. How many spearmen embark to protect the treasury and royal family at the end of the book?
(a) 174.
(b) 196.
(c) 185.
(d) 163.

4. What message does Derfel ask Gwydre to give to Arthur at the end of the book?
(a) He will never falter.
(b) He forgives him.
(c) They will meet again.
(d) He loved him till the end.

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

6. What does Aelle refuse to do when he is wounded?
(a) Retreat.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Leave his son's side.
(d) Admit defeat.

7. Where is Arthur told he can take refuge?
(a) Wales.
(b) Armorica.
(c) Celtin.
(d) Estuary.

8. What does Arthur say when he hears Lancelot has died?
(a) Let it be.
(b) Good.
(c) At last.
(d) So be it.

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

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

11. What season does Mordred take an army to Armorica?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

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

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

14. Where is Mordred wounded when he goes to Armorica?
(a) His back.
(b) His leg.
(c) His shoulder.
(d) His belly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Excalibur?

2. What is Issa's occupation?

3. What does Gwydre name his son?

4. What does Guinevere make a pillow for Arthur out of?

5. What is the name of Derfel's daughter who is killed?

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