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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the battle, when all of Loudon's soldiers are vanquished, what does Madelyne ask of Duncan?
(a) Madelyne asks Duncan to let her show him the secret passage.
(b) Madelyne asks Duncan to put out the fire.
(c) Madelyne asks Duncan to kill her.
(d) Madelyne asks Duncan to release the horses.

2. Why is it unusual that Edmond agrees with Gilard?
(a) Edmond rarely agrees with Gilard on anything.
(b) Edmond rarely speaks directly to Gilard.
(c) Edmond always agrees with Duncan no matter what.
(d) Gilard is usually wrong so Edmond does not side with him.

3. Why does Duncan return to the hall after Madelyne goes to bed?
(a) To sit with Adela while she eats.
(b) To eat his first meal of the day.
(c) To talk some sense into Adela.
(d) To command cooperation from his brothers on his plan for Madelyne.

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

5. Where does Madelyne go after learning about Lady Eleanor?
(a) Up to her chamber.
(b) To the fields beyond the fortress.
(c) To the lake.
(d) Outside to the fortress wall.

6. What is the origin of the tales that Madelyne tells?
(a) Madelyne's uses her vivid imagination to make up the tales.
(b) Madelyne makes up tales to prove a point.
(c) Madelyne learns the tales from Father Berton.
(d) Madelyne creates tales out of gossip she overhears from servants.

7. Madelyne says various things while delirious and Duncan informs her of these things when they are in what location?
(a) Her chamber.
(b) His chamber.
(c) In the hall.
(d) Outside.

8. Who does Madelyne resemble?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Clarissa.
(c) Lady Eleanor.
(d) Sara.

9. Who wants to save Madelyne but is refused?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Simon, the elderly servant.
(c) The yellow-haired squire.
(d) Giliad.

10. Who brings food and draws a bath for Madelyne after she awakens from her fever?
(a) Gerty.
(b) Gerty and Maude.
(c) Adela.
(d) Duncan and Maude.

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

12. According to Chapter Two, how familiar is Madelyne with warfare?
(a) Madelyne is so terrified of warfare that she always hides.
(b) Madelyne fights with Louddon's soldiers when necessary.
(c) Madelyne never witnesses a battle.
(d) Madelyne is only skilled using a knife in battle.

13. Why does Madelyne want to throw herself out of a window?
(a) Because Duncan is going to return her to Louddon.
(b) Because Duncan seems to forget about her.
(c) Because she becomes afraid of Duncan again.
(d) Because she is bored.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When she is dreaming that she is hot, Madelyne believes she is where?

2. What does Duncan call his horse?

3. What is Duncan doing when Madelyne sees him out her window?

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

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

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