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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. When was a path last cleared through the woods that Merlin and his troops travel?
(a) During the time of Gorlois.
(b) During the time of Ambrosius.
(c) It has never been cleared.
(d) It has been kept clear for the last hundred years.

2. Who often accompanied Arthur to Merlin's chapel?
(a) Cei.
(b) Morigan.
(c) Akar.
(d) Bedwyr.

3. What profession does Merlin assume when they are waiting at the inn to go to the castle?
(a) An eye doctor.
(b) A land owner.
(c) A natural healer.
(d) A black smith.

4. Where do Merlin and Ralf meet the king's soldiers?
(a) When they are resting in the ferryman's hut.
(b) On the beach, after the ferry has departed.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

5. When does Merlin meet Arthur for the first time after his birth?
(a) When he is five-years-old.
(b) When he is seven-years-old.
(c) When he is four-years-old.
(d) When he is nine-years-old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What direction does Merlin set off in after sending Ralf off with the request regarding Uther's unborn child?

2. What is the name of the king's illegitimate daughter?

3. Who is tending to Merlin after he is injured falling from his horse?

4. How many days does it take for Merlin to find a formula that may help Uther's injury?

5. What does Arthur bring Merlin the day after Arthur meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Merlin spend so much time traveling all over Europe? Where does he go? How long is he gone?

2. How does Arthur finally meet Merlin? How does Merlin recognize the boy?

3. Why does Merlin travel in disguise with the infant Arthur? What disguise does he assume?

4. What parts of Arthur's upbringing do Merlin and Uther agree on? What parts do they not agree on? What is Merlin's solution to the problem?

5. What does Ralf tell Merlin about the riders who attacked him on his way to Merlin's to deliver a letter?

6. What dream does Merlin have while traveling to the glass blower's hut in the forest? What is its significance?

7. Merlin meets Morgause, Uther's illegitimate daughter, after developing a medicine for the ailing Uther. What are Merlin's impressions of Morgause? Does the author give any indication that there is more to Morgause than is being revealed?

8. What question does Bedwyr raise while at the chapel with Arthur and Merlin that others have not asked? How does Arthur respond?

9. The spring after Arthur's twelfth birthday brings the rumblings of war to England. What happens?

10. How does Merlin realize that the king's soldiers are closer than he thought? What does he plan to tell the soldiers when he and Ralf are found?

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