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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 Arthur bring Merlin the day after Arthur meets him?
(a) Eggs and bread.
(b) Eggs and honeycake.
(c) Honeycake and water.
(d) Honey and cake.

2. Where does Merlin live?
(a) Uther's castle.
(b) A home on Bryn Myrddin hill.
(c) A cave in Bryn Myrddin hill.
(d) With the villagers near Bryn Myddin hill.

3. Who does Merlin take with him on his journey home?
(a) Stilicho.
(b) Maximus.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Adean.

4. Who accompanies Merlin after he takes Arthur from the castle?
(a) No one.
(b) Branwen.
(c) Branwen and Ralf.
(d) Ralf.

5. What is the first thing Uther asks Merlin once they are alone in his chambers?
(a) Why he has lied to him about Arthur's whereabouts.
(b) How his cousin is raising Arthur.
(c) How Arthur is doing.
(d) Why Merlin visited his wife years ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Merlin injure when he falls from his horse on a sunny day?

2. Who has been sent to be a servant to Merlin and then Arthur, once he is born?

3. Where does Merlin first see visions?

4. Where does Merlin move the enchanted sword?

5. Who summons Merlin to Tintagel the second week of September?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the term "Flood Year" refer to? Why is it important to the story?

3. Four men come to visit Merlin at Bryn Myrddin, claiming they are sent by King Uther. Merlin knows that this is not true. How does he know?

4. What saves Merlin and company while they are traveling through the Perilous Forest? How? Does the author lead the reader to believe that this is an ordinary occurrence?

5. How does Merlin find Macsen's sword?

6. How does Merlin come to know the Old Ones in the forest?

7. Why does Merlin feel that he cannot share information, even with Ahdjan, a relative, so far from Britain?

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

9. What does Ector tell Merlin of the other royal families in the area? Why are their activities important?

10. 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?

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