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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adela threaten to do when she sees Madelyne?
(a) Leave the room.
(b) Kill Madelyne.
(c) Maim Madelyne.
(d) Kill herself.

2. What is Duncan doing when Madelyne sees him out her window?
(a) Walking to the lake.
(b) Taking a ritualistic swim.
(c) Dressing.
(d) Bathing.

3. Whose cast-off garments does Madelyne take in to make smaller?
(a) Adela's.
(b) Gerty's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Catherine's.

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

5. In Chapter Five, why does Madelyne kick Duncan?
(a) Because Duncan turns his back on Madelyne when she is speaking.
(b) Because Duncan makes Madelyne cry.
(c) Because Duncan wants Louddon to catch up with their riding party.
(d) Because Duncan does not pay attention to her when she tries to tell him they may be attacked.

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

7. Who teaches Madelyne to read and write when she is young?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) The governess.
(d) Her brother.

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

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

10. Whose feelings is Madelyne protecting when she refuses to learn how to ride the gentle mare?
(a) Adela's.
(b) James's.
(c) Duncan's.
(d) Silenus's.

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

12. 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 wants to learn to ride Silenus.
(c) She intends to run away to Ireland.
(d) She intends to kill a man who deserves it.

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

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

15. Whose eye does Madelyne blacken while she is sick?
(a) Gilard's.
(b) Duncan's.
(c) Louddon's.
(d) Edmond's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Madelyne want to throw herself out of a window?

3. According to Chapter 10, what does Madelyne take to the stables each afternoon?

4. According to Chapter 11, what is unusual about Duncan when he finds Madelyne?

5. When Louddon leaves his castle, in which direction does Duncan assume he goes?

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