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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Elen's feelings on her husband's death?
(a) She blames herself.
(b) She is triumphant.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is vicious.

2. Why does Davydd come to London?
(a) To raise an army.
(b) To pay homage to King Henry.
(c) To rescue Gruffydd.
(d) To kill Gruffydd.

3. What do the English lose in battle?
(a) Vital high ground.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Whole companies of men.
(d) Weapons.

4. Who does Simon de Montfort visit at the beginning of Falls the Shadow?
(a) Elen.
(b) Earl of Chester.
(c) Llewelyn ap Gruffydd.
(d) King John.

5. Whose assistance will be used to fight Senena and her supporters?
(a) King Henry's.
(b) The Pope's.
(c) Llewelyn Fawr's.
(d) Davydd's.

6. What news does Llewelyn Fawr get when Llelo is visiting?
(a) That he is going to be arrested.
(b) That his wife is dying.
(c) That Llelo's father has left for war.
(d) That his wife has died.

7. Who surrenders to King Henry?
(a) Davydd.
(b) Llewelyn.
(c) Gruffydd.
(d) Owain.

8. What relation is the person Simon de Montfort meets to the King Henry III?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

9. What does Henry accuse Simon of?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Duplicity.
(c) Cowardice.
(d) Lying.

10. What happens to Gruffydd and Owain in the surrender?
(a) They are imprisoned.
(b) They become hostages to the king.
(c) They are executed.
(d) They are sent home.

11. What forces Owain to lie down when he goes with Davydd to Cricieth Castle to discuss a truce with Gruffydd?
(a) Illness.
(b) Mead.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Wounds.

12. What kind of person is Simon de Montfort discovered to be, when he enters his meeting?
(a) Simple.
(b) Conniving.
(c) Weary.
(d) Brave.

13. What does Gruffydd tell his father he is happy about?
(a) Gruffydd has been forgiven.
(b) Llewelyn is up and walking.
(c) Gruffydd has been given territories.
(d) Llewelyn has included him in his estate.

14. What is the consequence of Henry's war with France?
(a) Debt.
(b) Depopulation.
(c) Refugee problems.
(d) Famine.

15. Who does Elen join at Gloucester?
(a) Her brother Davydd.
(b) Her father.
(c) Simon and Nell.
(d) Nell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vow has Nell taken?

2. Under what condition would Gwynedd pass to the English crown?

3. Where does Llelo find Elen when he comes to visit her?

4. How does Gruffydd's happiness with things affect the relationship between Gruffydd and Llewelyn?

5. Where is Nell, at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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