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

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

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

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

5. In her delirium, what does Madelyne tell Duncan about Louddon?
(a) Louddon sneaks into her room every night and stares at her.
(b) Louddon does not like women.
(c) Louddon cannot read.
(d) Loudon is in love with her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Madelyne sleep after Edmund sews up her wound?

2. What does Madelyne think Duncan is referring to when he says, "I'll not deny myself much longer"?

3. What happens to Madelyne during the battle?

4. Who does Madelyne try to punch in her dream?

5. What hope does Madelyne foster in Chapter Two after it is discovered that Louddon leaves the castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Duncan begin the battle?

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

3. Why is Maude afraid of Madelyne at first?

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

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

6. Duncan takes a nightly swim in the very cold water of the lake. What are his reasons, new and old?

7. What is Madelyne's reaction to killing a man during the battle?

8. What does Madelyne expect happens at the battle between Duncan's men and Louddon's men?

9. Why does Louddon decide to go after Duncan once he discovers the destruction at the castle?

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

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