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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice give Axl to carry when they prepare to cross the Great Plain?
(a) Stick of hawthorn wood.
(b) Brass amulet.
(c) Silver amulet.
(d) Smooth pebbles.

2. In November, who did a woman claim to be who was wandering in a cloak of black rags?
(a) Celt.
(b) Viking.
(c) Carvetti.
(d) Saxon.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember covered his cage when he was captured by the ogres?
(a) Deer hide.
(b) Bearskin.
(c) Elk hide.
(d) Wolf skins.

4. In Chapter 4, who does Edwin remember trying to curse him before he left the village?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Uncle.

5. What are native to England in Chapter 1?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Ogres.
(c) Giants.
(d) Trolls.

6. At the end of Chapter 1, where do Axl and Beatrice decide to go?
(a) To the river.
(b) To the sea.
(c) Their daughter's village.
(d) Their son's village.

7. In Chapter 3, what does Beatrice say earlier in the day attacked a village man who was fishing with his brother and nephew?
(a) Ogres.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Britons.
(d) Giants.

8. In Chapter 2 when it storms, where do Axl and Beatrice take shelter?
(a) Old fort.
(b) Ruined villa.
(c) In a hollow log.
(d) Small cave.

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

10. In Chapter 2, what happened to the old woman in rags that Beatrice talked to?
(a) Her husband was killed by a bear.
(b) Her husband died of a fever.
(c) Her husband was taken away in a boat.
(d) Her husband was taken away by soldiers.

11. How many Norsemen does a solider say have fallen by Wistan's hand?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) More than 50.
(d) About 30.

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

13. In Chapter 3, what does Axl smell when they are in the Saxon village?
(a) Garlic.
(b) Onion.
(c) Petrefying meat.
(d) Excrement.

14. In Chapter 4, what did a creature look like that kept attacking Edwin when he was caged by the ogres?
(a) Plucked chicken with the head of a serpent.
(b) Monster made of deceased body parts.
(c) Snake with a head at each end.
(d) Troll-like human.

15. In Chapter 1, what color hair did a woman have that Axl remembers was a healer in the village?
(a) Brown.
(b) Silver.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, what type of tree does Edwin choose when Wistan asks him to keep watch?

2. In Chapter 3, how many houses can be seen looking down on the Saxons' village?

3. In Chapter 2, what do Axl and Beatrice walk through after leaving a ruined villa?

4. Where was Edwin in Chapter 4 when he heard his mother's voice?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Beatrice think was in their dwelling after they lost their candle?

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