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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 does Nell's servant warn her against?
(a) Making love with Simon de Montfort.
(b) Upsetting her mother.
(c) Losing her inheritance.
(d) Betraying her husband.

2. What does Senena use to rescue Gruffydd and Owain?
(a) Deceit.
(b) A sleeping draught.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) A small force of commandos.

3. Where does Falls the Shadow lie in relation to the other books in the series?
(a) First in the series.
(b) Third in a tetralogy.
(c) Last in a pentalogy.
(d) Middle of a trilogy.

4. What does Elen hear Gruffydd is planning, when she gets to Gloucester?
(a) Simon is raising an army.
(b) Gruffydd is ill.
(c) Simon and Nell are ill.
(d) Gruffydd is raising an army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Llanfaes?

2. Who prevented Henry from imprisoning Simon and Nell?

3. How does Henry behave when he sees Simon again in 1240?

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

5. How does Llewelyn Fawr's decision to build at Llanfaes affect his son Gruffydd?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Davydd dies?

2. What happens when Gruffydd and Owain try to escape from captivity?

3. Why does Henry go to war with France?

4. Describe Simon's experience fighting with Henry against the French.

5. What happens when Llewelyn's health begins to deteriorate?

6. How does King Henry respond when it becomes clear that his sister is not pregnant?

7. What position does the king give Simon de Montfort after Llewelyn and Owain's surrender?

8. Describe Davydd's treatment after he surrenders to King Henry.

9. What happens to Llelo when Senena attempts to rescue her husband and son?

10. Describe Davydd's war with Senena and her supporters.

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