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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Duncan leaves Madelyne asleep in his own chamber, where does he go?
(a) To the lake for a ritualized swim.
(b) To ride Silenus.
(c) To feed the wolves.
(d) To search out and kill the man who rapes Adela.

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

3. What method releases the ropes that bind Madelyne?
(a) A fire burns through the ropes.
(b) Madelyne uses a shard of broken glass.
(c) A chance blow of a sword during battle cut the ropes.
(d) Madelyne uses a dagger dropped by a squire.

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) Adela.
(b) Louddon.
(c) Gerty and Martha.
(d) Duncan.

5. Why does Silenus not move during the battle?
(a) Because Madelyne does not know how to ride a horse properly.
(b) Because Duncan issues a command for the horse to stay still.
(c) Because Silenus is overly tired from the journey.
(d) Because Silenus is spooked by the noise of battle.

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

7. Why is Madelyne unable to hate Gilard?
(a) Because she believes he loves his sister.
(b) Because she feels sorry for him, as he is the younger brother.
(c) Because she knows he protects her during the battle.
(d) Because she is beginning to love his brother, Duncan.

8. For whom does Madelyne take in the garments and why?
(a) Herself, so she has warm clothing.
(b) Gerty, because she is poor.
(c) Adela, because she is losing weight.
(d) Catherine, because she is losing weight.

9. What is Madelyne doing while she tells tales to Adela?
(a) Throwing dirty water out of the window.
(b) Lugging a tunk up the stairs.
(c) Cleaning and rearranging furnishings in Adela's bedroom.
(d) Cleaning and rearranging furnishings in Duncan's bedroom.

10. Who is Anthony?
(a) The furrier who makes Madelyne a warm cloak.
(b) The soldier who shadows Madelyne.
(c) The stablemaster.
(d) The swordmaster.

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

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

13. 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.

14. Why is Madelyne angry with Duncan after she uses the mace during the battle?
(a) Because afterwards Duncan slams her into the saddle in front of him.
(b) Because she kills a man.
(c) Because she thinks he puts her in danger intentionally.
(d) Because she is so fearful during the battle that she snaps.

15. Who is prettier than Louddon's sisters, Clarissa and Sara?
(a) Madelyne.
(b) Lady Eleanor.
(c) Louddon himself.
(d) The queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, how is the captive intended to die?

2. While dreaming, who is the dream character that comes to her aid over and over again?

3. What does Duncan call his horse?

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

5. Whose feelings is Madelyne protecting when she refuses to learn how to ride the gentle mare?

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