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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Madelyne avoid being knocked from her seat on the horse by branches?
(a) Madelyne uses the small shield she finds tied to the horse.
(b) Madelyne jumps off of the horse to avoid the branches.
(c) Madelyne ducks and holds tight to the horse's neck.
(d) Duncan and Gilard block the branches with their shields.

2. What is hurled during family dinners in the hall?
(a) Tankers and scraps.
(b) Bones and obscenities.
(c) Bones and bread.
(d) Nothing.

3. While dreaming, who is the dream character that comes to her aid over and over again?
(a) Odysseus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Polyphemus.
(d) Father Berton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her delirium, what does Madelyne tell Duncan about Louddon?

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

3. Madelyne tells Adela a tale about the men and women from what city?

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

5. Why is Madelyne unable to hate Gilard?

Short Essay Questions

1. After stopping for the night and traveling the next day, why does Gilard nag Duncan to stop their journey?

2. How is the squire with the bright yellow hair described?

3. Who or what are some of the people or beings who appear in Madelyne's dreams while she is sick with fever?

4. How does the author establish Madelyne as a good person in Chapter One?

5. What concerns does Adela have about being with child due to the rape?

6. In what way does Duncan begin the battle?

7. Describe Adela's physical appearance when Madelyne first meets her.

8. Which other men does Duncan notice are attracted to Madelyne?

9. In Chapter One, how does the author support the idea that Duncan is a warrior before all else?

10. What is meant by Louddon having a choice between greed and lust when it comes to Madelyne?

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