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

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

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

4. What does the shrouded woman who tries to save Ceinwyn call herself?
(a) The dancer.
(b) The mender.
(c) The trainer.
(d) The healer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Arthur told he can take refuge?

2. How many enemy heads make up the ghost fence?

3. What does Aelle refuse to do when he is wounded?

4. What do Arthur's men do to fight against the Druid spells?

5. How many men arrive with Sagramor.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What deformity of the narrator is revealed at the beginning of Part 3?

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

5. What was the mortal wound Arthur receives?

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

7. What is the ghost fence?

8. What does Merlin say is his last enchantment?

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

10. What trade does Arthur start learning after the battle against the Saxons is won?

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