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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. Why does Madelyne only look for Duncan and Gilard in the fray of battle?
(a) She knows that Louddon is never in the fray of battle.
(b) Louddon is a man of small stature.
(c) She finds out that Louddon is not present.
(d) She does not know what Louddon is wearing.

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

3. In Chapter 17, what is suddenly different about Duncan's chamber?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Madelyne's possessions are relocated to Duncan's chamber.
(c) Two tubs of water are in Duncan's chamber, awaiting Madelyne's nightly bath.
(d) All of the above.

4. Why does Madelyne end up in the middle of the battle?
(a) Duncan brings the battle to Madelyne.
(b) She inadvertently directs the horse into the center of the battle.
(c) Duncan is too busy searching for Louddon to think of her safety.
(d) Louddon lures her into the middle of the battle.

5. Why does Duncan have Madelyne write a petition to request the replacement of Father Laurence?
(a) Duncan thinks the priest's injury interferes with his duty for long enough.
(b) Duncan wants to show off his wife's superior penmanship.
(c) Duncan cannot read or write.
(d) Duncan objects to the priest's timidity and that he shirks his duty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Is Madelyne pleased by Duncan's reaction to being followed?

2. What do Madelyne and Adela discuss before they go to dinner with Gerald?

3. Duncan explains to Madelyne that on his land, all the trees are chopped down on the side of hills that face the fortress. What is the reason for trees being chopped down on one side only?

4. Why does Duncan leave Anthony behind at the fortress when he is summoned to London?

5. Madelyne hears from Adela, and then from Duncan, what fact that she dismisses as incorrect?

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