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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Nell get of her sister?
(a) She has died in seclusion.
(b) She has entered a priory.
(c) She has taken their parents in.
(d) She has left her husband.

2. Who prevented Henry from imprisoning Simon and Nell?
(a) Gruffydd.
(b) Llelo.
(c) Richard.
(d) Queen Eleanor.

3. When does Falls the Shadow begin?
(a) 1231.
(b) 1180.
(c) 1402.
(d) 1331.

4. What is Simon powerless to stop?
(a) Murder.
(b) The defection of his leaders.
(c) Looting.
(d) The rout of his forces.

5. Who is Nell?
(a) Elen's maternal aunt.
(b) Elen's friend.
(c) Elen's mother.
(d) Elen's daughter.

6. What does England gain as part of the surrender?
(a) Armies.
(b) All of Gruffydd's wealth.
(c) Davydd's daughters.
(d) Castles.

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

8. What does Davydd want from the English?
(a) Alliance against Gruffydd.
(b) Peace.
(c) Safe haven.
(d) Money.

9. Who advises the king to abandon Wales?
(a) Davydd.
(b) Nell.
(c) Simon.
(d) Gruffydd.

10. What does Llewelyn Fawr build at Llanfaes?
(a) A church.
(b) A friary.
(c) A prison.
(d) A castle.

11. For how long have England and Wales been at war at the beginning of Chapter 16?
(a) Two years.
(b) A month.
(c) A year.
(d) Six months.

12. What distracts Llelo?
(a) A storm.
(b) His father's dogs.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father's nightmare.

13. How does Gruffydd's happiness with things affect the relationship between Gruffydd and Llewelyn?
(a) Llewelyn is angry to see Gruffydd gloating.
(b) The bitterness between them cannot be overcome.
(c) They lay aside their differences.
(d) Llewelyn distrusts Gruffydd because of his happiness.

14. What does Llelo overhear in the garden?
(a) That Simon will be killed.
(b) That Senena's children will be hostages to the king.
(c) That Gruffydd and Owain will be killed.
(d) That Gruffydd will be made king.

15. How does Llewelyn Fawr's decision to build at Llanfaes affect his son Gruffydd?
(a) Gruffydd is saddened.
(b) Gruffydd is relieved.
(c) Gruffydd is satisfied.
(d) Gruffydd is outraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Henry's war with France seen by the people?

2. What does she want by this opposition?

3. How does the king treat his captive?

4. Whom does Senena convince her husband's supporters to oppose?

5. What relation is the person Simon de Montfort meets to the King Henry III?

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