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

2. How is the Wolf captured?
(a) He is drugged.
(b) He is captured during the battle of Louddon.
(c) He is kidnapped.
(d) He rides into his enemy's fortress alone and unarmed.

3. Where does Duncan expect Madelyne to be at the start of the battle?
(a) On horseback, tied to a tree.
(b) At the camp, acting as a sentry.
(c) Galloping to Duncan's castle for safety.
(d) On horseback, heading up Duncan's men with him and Gilard.

4. 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 is so fearful during the battle that she snaps.
(d) Because she thinks he puts her in danger intentionally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Duncan commands that Adela be escorted to dinner each night by whom?

2. Why does Madelyne name Duncan's horse Silenus?

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

4. According to Gilard, what powerful lord has the king's ear?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of things does Madelyne do during the enforced isolation during her recovery?

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

3. What is Madelyne's reaction to hearing that Duncan and Gilard are going to war because of a sister?

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

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

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

7. Why does Duncan think that Madelyne helps Adela heal?

8. Why is Madelyne repulsed at the meal in the great hall?

9. Why is Maude afraid of Madelyne at first?

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

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