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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joan show to her father in order to inspire him to allow her to take up Matthew's studies?
(a) That she is smarter than John.
(b) That she can write.
(c) That she can read.
(d) That she can draw better than John.

2. With whom does Joan fancy herself in love at the young age of thirteen?
(a) Gerold.
(b) The Bishop.
(c) Odo.
(d) Anastasius.

3. How will Joan's marriage affect John's status at Dorstadt?
(a) John will be sent home.
(b) John will be married as well.
(c) John will be forced to leave and to go to a monastery.
(d) John will not be affected at all.

4. To which members of the family is Joan closest?
(a) John and her father.
(b) Matthew and her mother.
(c) Matthew and John.
(d) Her mother and father.

5. What does a farrier do?
(a) Makes fur coats.
(b) Shoes horses.
(c) Raises minks.
(d) Milks cows.

6. How does Joan see her love for Gerold now that time has passed?
(a) Joan sees it as an illness she will recover from.
(b) Joan sees love as a weakness in her human spirit.
(c) Joan sees Gerold as a fatherly-figure she mistook for a lover.
(d) Joan still holds on to it, hoping he will return to her.

7. Why is it an insult to her mother for Joan to be tutored by a Catholic teacher?
(a) Because her mother has taught her about Saxon gods, considered pagan by Catholics.
(b) Because her mother is uneducated and does not understand what Joan has learned.
(c) Because her mother should be her primary tutor.
(d) Because her mother was not consulted before Joan began her studies.

8. How does Joan cure a leper?
(a) The woman had a mild case.
(b) She has learned magic through her tutor.
(c) The woman had a simple skin infection, not leprosy.
(d) She has special powers bestowed on her by God.

9. How does Joan end up traveling to Dorstadt?
(a) Joan pretends to be John's servant.
(b) Joan pretends to be John.
(c) Joan convinces the Bishop's men that her parents want her to accompany her brother.
(d) Joan flirts with the men and offers to marry one in exchange for going on the trip.

10. What happens when this visitor sees Joan in John's place?
(a) He reveals the truth of her identity.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) She announces the truth during church services.
(d) She promises to keep Joan's secret.

11. Why is Joan beaten unconscious by her father at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Joan decides her father is too ignorant to explain the concepts in her gift from Aesculapius to her father.
(b) Joan refuses to read her gift from Aesculapius to her father.
(c) Joan refuses to scrape the words from the pages of her gift from Aesculapius.
(d) Joan refuses to allow her father to burn her gift from Aesculapius.

12. What decision has Brother Gottschalk made in regards to his stay at the monastery?
(a) Brother Gottschalk wants to leave the monastery.
(b) Brother Gottschalk wants to be married, but remain at the monastery as a civilian servant.
(c) Brother Gottschalk wants to devote his life to the monastery.
(d) Brother Gottschalk wants to visit his family for a year.

13. Which saint does Joan admire?
(a) St. Jude.
(b) St. Agnes.
(c) St. Catherine.
(d) St. Elizabeth.

14. Why does Richild arrange a marriage for Joan?
(a) To get her away from Gerold.
(b) Because she believes Joan is in love with her future husband.
(c) She believes Joan needs more structure in her life.
(d) To get her away from the other children in the school.

15. What happens to John and the emissary as they walk in the woods in Chapter 6?
(a) They are attacked by a brigand.
(b) They attack an unarmed group of travelers.
(c) They are attacked by Norsemen.
(d) They decide to run away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the instigators of torment against Joan?

2. Who finds the survivor?

3. What advice does Gudrun give her daughter that Joan will recall all her life?

4. What does Gerold find when he goes to the chapel in Villairis?

5. For what reason does Joan admire this saint?

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