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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edwin remembering falling on his head when he was captured and caged by the ogres?
(a) Water.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Beetles.
(d) Pine needles.

2. How long does it take to walk to the next settlement from where Axl and Beatrice live?
(a) 60 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

3. What color tunics do the soldiers wear in Chapter 5?
(a) Blue.
(b) Dark.
(c) Black.
(d) Gray.

4. What does Beatrice say that the woman in rags that she talked to in Chapter 2 was weeping for?
(a) Heartbreak.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Grief.
(d) Loneliness.

5. In Chapter 3, how tall are the grasses and dandelions near the Saxon village?
(a) 18 inches.
(b) Knee height.
(c) 6 inches.
(d) Waist height.

6. In Chapter 4, what type of tree does Edwin choose when Wistan asks him to keep watch?
(a) Oak.
(b) Rowan.
(c) Elm.
(d) Willow.

7. Where does Axl meet and talk with Wistan in Chapter 3?
(a) Center of the village.
(b) Longhouse.
(c) Ivor's house.
(d) Lookout platform.

8. Where was Edwin in Chapter 4 when he heard his mother's voice?
(a) Stable.
(b) Longhouse.
(c) Barn.
(d) Ivor's house.

9. Where does Edwin say that his mother is in Chapter 4?
(a) In a village a day away.
(b) Dead.
(c) Travelling.
(d) At the monastery.

10. What time of day do Axl and Beatrice wish to cross the Great Plain in Chapter 2?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Just before sunset.
(c) Just after dawn.
(d) Close to noon.

11. Why does a boatman come to a ruined villa in Chapter 2?
(a) To remember his childhood.
(b) To meet with a lover.
(c) To seek shelter from the weather.
(d) To see his child.

12. Who does Wistan say is a guest of Lord Brennus who is said to possess the wisdom to tame dragons?
(a) Briton.
(b) Norseman.
(c) Jute.
(d) Saxon.

13. How old is the man that Axl thinks is a warrior in Chapter 3?
(a) 28.
(b) No more than 30.
(c) Late 30s.
(d) 37.

14. In Chapter 5, whose men does Wistan think the soldiers are?
(a) Lord Wilanus.
(b) Lord Brennus.
(c) Lord Terminus.
(d) Lord Rufus.

15. From where does Edwin see the village in Chapter 4?
(a) Hill.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Lookout platform.
(d) Tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Axl and Beatrice at the end of Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 2, what question does Beatrice remember the old woman in rags asking her?

3. In November, who did a woman claim to be who was wandering in a cloak of black rags?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Axl smell when they are in the Saxon village?

5. In Chapter 2, what time do Axl and Beatrice reach the edge of the Great Plain?

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