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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an adder?
(a) A singer.
(b) A snake.
(c) A fish.
(d) A tree.

2. Where does Grendel live?
(a) In a mountain cave.
(b) In a nest in the woods.
(c) In a hole in the ground.
(d) In an underground cavern.

3. How many tribes does Hrothgar make treaties with?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) One.

4. What is Grendel caught in when the bull charges him in Chapter 2?
(a) A rabbit hole.
(b) A stone wall.
(c) An old tree.
(d) A trap.

5. What do the men think Grendel's blood is in Chapter 2?
(a) Bull's blood.
(b) Mud.
(c) Sap.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grendel see for the first time the night he hangs in the tree in Chapter 2?

2. What changes in the spring between the clans of men?

3. What does Hrothgar throw at Grendel in Chapter 3?

4. Why does the bull attack Grendel?

5. What color does the narrator say Hrothgar's beard is?

(see the answer key)

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