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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her delirium, what does Madelyne tell Duncan about Louddon?
(a) Louddon does not like women.
(b) Louddon cannot read.
(c) Louddon sneaks into her room every night and stares at her.
(d) Loudon is in love with her mother.

2. Why does Madelyne prefer death to humiliation?
(a) Madelyne is an excessively proud woman.
(b) Madeline is more afraid of rape than death.
(c) Madelyne is weak-minded.
(d) Madeline is more afraid of horses than Duncan.

3. What is hurled during family dinners in the hall?
(a) Bones and bread.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Tankers and scraps.
(d) Bones and obscenities.

4. In Chapter One, how is the captive intended to die?
(a) By hanging.
(b) By the knife.
(c) By freezing to death.
(d) From having his heart cut out.

5. What is Madelyne doing in her peaceful dream about her childhood when she is eleven years old?
(a) Telling stories while sitting around a fire.
(b) Living with her uncle in Grinsteade manor.
(c) Reading a book.
(d) Making a daisy chain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Madelyne doing while she tells tales to Adela?

2. Why does Madelyne bump her head in Chapter 12?

3. What event makes Madelyne laugh, but terrifies everyone else?

4. Where does Duncan tell Madelyne to go after the marriage ceremony is over?

5. Why is it important to Duncan and Gilard that Louddon value Madelyne?

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