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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Louddon leaves his castle, in which direction does Duncan assume he goes?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

3. What hope does Madelyne foster in Chapter Two after it is discovered that Louddon leaves the castle?
(a) That Gilard keeps his language clean.
(b) That Duncan and his men leave.
(c) That Gilard terrifies some other defenseless woman.
(d) That Duncan falls in love with her.

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

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

6. After speaking to Adela for the first time, what revelation does Madelyne provide to Duncan about her own future plans?
(a) She wants to become a nun.
(b) She intends to run away to Ireland.
(c) She intends to kill a man who deserves it.
(d) She wants to learn to ride Silenus.

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

8. Madelyn has a plan to escape from Louddon's castle to what location?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Her great uncle's home.
(d) A nunnery.

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

10. Is Madelyne pleased by Duncan's reaction to being followed?
(a) No. Madelyne wants to flee and Duncan intends to fight.
(b) Yes. Madelyne is glad that the fighting finally commenses.
(c) No. Madelyne is confused because Duncan just laughs.
(d) Yes. Madelyne is glad Duncan intends to kill Louddon so she is free.

11. According to Chapter Six, how does Duncan command Madelyne to wait during the battle?
(a) Under the shelter of a willow tree, where she is concealed.
(b) In a stand of trees, just north of the battle site.
(c) Dismounted, in a hidden cave.
(d) On top of the stallion, unmoving in a spot of his choice.

12. When does Edmund ask Duncan to hold down Madelyne?
(a) When it is time for Madelyne's stitches to be removed.
(b) When Edmund is afraid he startles Madelyne awake.
(c) After Madelyne punches him in the eye.
(d) When she does not uncover her leg for his examination.

13. What does Louddon do in court?
(a) Read and write for the king.
(b) Manipulate the ladies in waiting to get his way.
(c) Collect gold for the king.
(d) Sort out those who have true business with the king.

14. There is a quote from which famous book at the beginning of Chapter One?
(a) The Talmud.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Koran.
(d) The Upandishads.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. During the battle at Louddon's castle, Madelyne decides she tries to save whom?

4. What is Madelyne doing in her peaceful dream about her childhood when she is eleven years old?

5. Who is by Madelyne's side for three days while she is delirious?

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