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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hedwic doing in her chamber when Godric passes as he is leaving the service of Falkes de Granvill?

2. By the reckoning of men, one half of Godric's life is an _____.

3. Where does Elric live?

4. Which port do Roger Mouse and Godric put into for a drink on their trip to Jerusalem?

5. Who says, "Be fools for Christ."?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Godric as he passes through the Durham gate on his way to Bishop Pudsey's Christmas mass?

2. What does Reginald say of Godric's newly-acquired ability to read and write?

3. Describe the antics of the choirboys at the church where Godric works.

4. What are Godric's thoughts as he listens to the monks sing at Christmas mass in Durham?

5. How does Godric describe the Wear River and what is its significance to him?

6. Describe the cathedral at Durham.

7. What impression does King Baldwin have on Godric and Roger Mouse when they first meet him?

8. What does Godric bid his feet to do and why?

9. What is Godric's description of Perkin?

10. What happened fifty years before when Ranulf Flambard brought Cuthbert's bones to Durham?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the relationship between Godric and Perkin. Is he one of the five friends mentioned in the beginning of the book? Why or why not? What happens to Perkin?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Cuthbert? What are his instructions to Godric? How does Godric feel about Cuthbert's instructions? Where does Cuthbert tell Godric to do these things? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Godric and Roger Mouse save King Baldwin. Who is this king? How does this act lead to the end of their friendship?

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