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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) Adela's.
(d) Her own.

2. 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.

3. What does Gilard think Madelyne's plan is for the battle?
(a) To side with the victor.
(b) To find safety with her brother's people.
(c) To hide like a coward.
(d) To escape during the confusion of the battle.

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

5. What request does Madelyne make of Duncan on behalf of Adela?
(a) Send Adela to a convent to live.
(b) Allow Adela to live with Duncan as long as she wishes as an unmarried woman.
(c) Ask Gerald if he still marries Adela.
(d) Allow Adela to retire to the country to recover in peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Madelyne avoid being knocked from her seat on the horse by branches?

2. After the battle, when all of Loudon's soldiers are vanquished, what does Madelyne ask of Duncan?

3. How is the Wolf captured?

4. Who risks death to save the warrior?

5. Whose eye does Madelyne blacken while she is sick?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why is Maude afraid of Madelyne at first?

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

8. Madelyne promises Adela that she obtains a promise from Duncan that is slightly deceitful. What is the promise and how is it deceitful?

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

10. 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?

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