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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16, 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Adela strikes someone by accident. Who?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Maude.
(c) Madelyne.
(d) Willie.

2. Duncan thinks that a message-bearing member of his household looks terrified enough to have "just seen the devil". Who is this?
(a) Madelyne.
(b) Anthony.
(c) Adela.
(d) Willie.

3. Why does Adela straighten the sleeves of her gown and pat her hair after dinner?
(a) She is uncomfortable in Gerald's presence.
(b) She wants to look pretty for Gerald.
(c) She falls off of the stool and her clothes are in disarray.
(d) She is signaling Madelyne she wants to go to her room.

4. Whose feelings is Madelyne protecting when she refuses to learn how to ride the gentle mare?
(a) Duncan's.
(b) Adela's.
(c) James's.
(d) Silenus's.

5. In Chapter Four, Madelyne infuriates Gilard when she refuses to stop doing what when they are by the stream?
(a) Packing her satchel.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Plaiting her hair.
(d) Watering the horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Madelyne embarrassed in Chapter 12?

2. What is hurled during family dinners in the hall?

3. What does Duncan call his horse?

4. Why does Madelyne only look for Duncan and Gilard in the fray of battle?

5. For whom does Madelyne take in the garments and why?

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