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

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

3. After Madelyne's first meal in the hall of Duncan's fortress, what is happening when Duncan appears in the hall?
(a) Edmund is chastising Madelyne for poor manners as a guest.
(b) Gerta and the servants are throwing down trenchers and ale on the table.
(c) Madelyne is attempting to leave the hall without permission.
(d) Madelyne is explaining to Edmund that the men eat like a pack of animals.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Edmund ask Duncan to hold down Madelyne?

2. Who is prettier than Louddon's sisters, Clarissa and Sara?

3. There is a quote from which famous book at the beginning of Chapter One?

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

5. Who is Anthony?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Duncan decide to allow the battle to take place before they reach his castle?

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

4. Why does Madelyne do in Chapter 12 that causes Duncan's temper to flare enough to bellow?

5. When Duncan and his men stop for the night for the first time after leaving the castle, what actions do they take to set up camp?

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

7. Why is Maude afraid of Madelyne at first?

8. What information does Madelyne get from her conversation with Adela in Chapter 10?

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

10. As Madelyne is planning her escape from Duncan, what obstacles does she think she needs to overcome?

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