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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madelyne do after learning about Lady Eleanor?
(a) Burst into tears.
(b) Hide from Duncan.
(c) Hide a dagger in the hem of her cloak.
(d) Gallop away on Silenus.

2. What surprises Madelyne about the room she stays in while she is sick and recovering?
(a) The door to the room is not locked.
(b) The room used to belong to Adela.
(c) It is decorated in Duncan's colors.
(d) The room used to belong to Duncan.

3. Why is Madelyne embarrassed in Chapter 12?
(a) Because Duncan yells at her in front of Gilard.
(b) Because she looks disheveled.
(c) Because Duncan yells at her in front of Adela.
(d) Because the room she is cleaning is still dirty.

4. Who appears at the entrance to the hall after Madelyn's first meal in the hall of Duncan's fortress, much to Madelyne's consternation?
(a) Louddon.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Gerty and Martha.
(d) Adela.

5. According to Chapter 11, what is unusual about Duncan when he finds Madelyne?
(a) Duncan is bare-chested and soaking wet.
(b) Duncan just wakes up.
(c) Duncan is carrying a Bible.
(d) Duncan is carrying a tankard of ale.

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

7. In Chapter Two, of whom is Madelyne afraid?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Louddon.
(c) The "leader".
(d) Gilard.

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

9. In Chapter 12, when Duncan surprises Madelyne and Adela in Adela's room, why does Adela smile at Duncan?
(a) Because Duncan gives Adela a kind greeting.
(b) Because Duncan pokes fun at Madelyne.
(c) Because Duncan tells a joke.
(d) Because Duncan sings Adela a song.

10. How many men surround the captive?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

11. Why does Madelyne name Duncan's horse Silenus?
(a) Silenus is the name of a god that is wild and untaimed.
(b) The horse is silvery-white in color.
(c) Silenus means "stand still for me" in Latin.
(d) The horse is strong and silent.

12. What does Duncan hope happens to Madelyne if Adela is around her?
(a) Adela rids Madelyne of some of her "cloaks".
(b) Madelyne becomes more comfortable around Adela.
(c) Madelyne wants to live in the fortress.
(d) Madelyne learns what it is like to be part of the family.

13. The story starts out in what year?
(a) 1001.
(b) 1066.
(c) 1099.
(d) 1035.

14. After Madelyne's first meal in the hall of Duncan's fortress, what is happening when Duncan appears in the hall?
(a) Madelyne is attempting to leave the hall without permission.
(b) Madelyne is explaining to Edmund that the men eat like a pack of animals.
(c) Gerta and the servants are throwing down trenchers and ale on the table.
(d) Edmund is chastising Madelyne for poor manners as a guest.

15. What animal does Madelyne feed outside the walls of the fortress?
(a) Mountain lion.
(b) Deer.
(c) Wild dog or wolf.
(d) Wild boar or pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Madelyne sleep after Edmund sews up her wound?

2. What hope does Madelyne foster in Chapter Two after it is discovered that Louddon leaves the castle?

3. After the battle, when all of Loudon's soldiers are vanquished, what does Madelyne ask of Duncan?

4. Why does Madelyne prefer death to humiliation?

5. What is in the chapel that Madelyne wants to retrieve?

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