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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Robin's heart sick within him?
(a) He had killed a man.
(b) He had lost the girl of his dreams.
(c) He had hurt himself.
(d) He had suffered a mild heart attack.

2. What feat of strength did the stranger perform?
(a) He pulled up a sapling without struggle.
(b) He tossed a boulder out of the way.
(c) He beat Little John.
(d) He beat Robin.

3. Who did the friar call?
(a) His dogs.
(b) His band of outlaws.
(c) The forest for help.
(d) His clergy.

4. According to Will Stutely, the stories are....?
(a) All lies.
(b) Fanciful drawn beauty.
(c) Fine to listen to, bad to follow.
(d) Tales of fancy to placate children.

5. Why did the two men fight on the bridge?
(a) Neither wanted to let the other pass.
(b) One had insulted the other.
(c) The stranger wanted to claim Maid Marion for his wife.
(d) The stranger wanted to bring Robin in for the bounty.

6. How long had Robin's band seen no sport?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twelve.

7. Who is the fair lady to whom others bow?
(a) The Reverends Wife.
(b) Queen Mary.
(c) Queen Eleanor.
(d) Maid Marion.

8. What was the stranger's name?
(a) Friar Little.
(b) John Little.
(c) Friar Tuck.
(d) Little John.

9. Why did the man call Robin a coward?
(a) Robin wouldn't fight.
(b) Robin called for backup.
(c) Robin was going to let fly with his bow, while all he had was a staff.
(d) Robin was to turn about and not cross.

10. Who did Robin meet on the road on the boarder of Sherwood?
(a) A priest.
(b) A friar.
(c) The Sheriff.
(d) A butcher.

11. What did Little John speak of Robin and his band to the Sheriff?
(a) They were green.
(b) They were scoundrels.
(c) They were harts of green.
(d) They were deer.

12. Why did Robin follow the voices and commotion?
(a) He thought that it would be funny to play with them.
(b) He thought that he would make sport of them.
(c) He wanted to see what it was all about.
(d) He thought that Little John ran afoul of the Kings' Foresters.

13. How high did the Sheriff threaten to hang people who refused to comply?
(a) Sixty cubits.
(b) Ten cubits.
(c) Fifty cubits.
(d) Forty cubits.

14. How long was Robin in Sherwood forest?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One month.
(d) One year.

15. What is the new plan of the Sheriff?
(a) To leave it be.
(b) To pay a huge sum to someone willing to go after Robin.
(c) To post men at every tavern looking for Robin.
(d) To post constables on the road and paths.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Robin's arrow fly?

2. Who was the only man that hadn't suffered that day?

3. Why did Robin lighten the sack of the Sheriff?

4. What was the penalty for poaching the king's game?

5. What deal had been struck between Robin and the Bishop?

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