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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Argante marry after Arthur returns to Guinevere?
(a) Cerdic.
(b) Mordred.
(c) Derfel.
(d) Lancelot.

2. What do Arthur's men do to fight against the Druid spells?
(a) Put cotton in their ears.
(b) Recite counter-curses.
(c) Say prayers.
(d) Sing war songs.

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

4. What do Arthur's men throw at the reinforcements on the shore at the end of the book?
(a) Boiling water buckets.
(b) Corpses.
(c) Molten steel.
(d) Burning logs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the ghost fence erected for?

2. Who has been casting spells on Ceinwyn?

3. What is done to Derfel to humiliate him by his captors?

4. Who kills Nimue's prisoner?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Merlin say is his last enchantment?

2. How does Derfel choose to kill Lancelot, and why?

3. What are the main reasons that Mordred planned his attack against Arthur?

4. What was the mortal wound Arthur receives?

5. What does Derfel ask Gwydre to do for him at the end of the battle?

6. Why is Ceinwyn sick, and how is Derfel supposed to cure her?

7. What is the last enchantment?

8. What causes the forces of Nimue and Mordred to break up?

9. What does Olwen try to get Derfel to do as she takes him to Nimue?

10. How does Mordred die?

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