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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edwin remember Wistan calling the old tower in Chapter 8?
(a) Place of despair and anguish.
(b) Place of prayer and penitence.
(c) Place of slaughter and burning.
(d) Place of fighting and death.

2. What size is the creature Gawain and the others see in Chapter 7?
(a) Size of a lion.
(b) Size of an elephant.
(c) Size of a bull.
(d) Size of a pony.

3. What do Axl and Beatrice travel in down the river in Chapter 11?
(a) Barge.
(b) Raft.
(c) Baskets.
(d) Row boat.

4. Who made Edwin's shoes?
(a) Master Baldwin.
(b) Master Rowan.
(c) Master. Prior.
(d) Master. Greene.

5. In Chapter 13, what did a poisoned goat kill?
(a) Ogre.
(b) Bear.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Old woman.

6. What does the young monk think happened to start the tower fire in Chapter 8?
(a) Lightning.
(b) A lantern fell.
(c) Wistan set the fire.
(d) Solider tripped and dropped a torch.

7. How does Wistan say that the monks got him to the cooper's hut in Chapter 10?
(a) Tied to a mare's back.
(b) On a cart.
(c) In a wagon.
(d) Tied to a travois.

8. In Chapter 7, what covers the floor of the chamber Axl and his companions find when they walk through the tunnel?
(a) Logs.
(b) Broken statues.
(c) Stones.
(d) Bones.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 13, where do Axl and Beatrice find shelter?
(a) Two rocks.
(b) In a cave.
(c) Under some pines.
(d) In an old shepherd's hut.

10. In Chapter 6, what is Wistan doing while others are sleeping?
(a) Cutting firewood.
(b) Pacing the halls.
(c) Sharpening his sword.
(d) Staring out a window.

11. How many soldiers arrive in Chapter 7?
(a) 55.
(b) 75.
(c) 20 to 30.
(d) 40 or 50.

12. In "Gawain's First Reverie," what does Gawain remember that Axl was called?
(a) Knight of Bravery.
(b) Knight of Battle.
(c) Knight of Peace.
(d) Knight of Merlin.

13. In Chapter 13, where did the children keep looking?
(a) Bushes.
(b) Stream.
(c) Cave.
(d) Ditch.

14. In Chapter 10, what does Edwin hear even as he is speaking with Wistan at the end of the chapter?
(a) A hawk.
(b) Crows.
(c) His mother's voice.
(d) The monks outside.

15. What does Edwin remember drinking in Chapter 8 before he fell asleep after helping Wistan?
(a) Watered wine.
(b) Wine.
(c) Beer.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who found Wistan after he fought the soldiers?

2. In Chapter 6, what color flowers does Axl remember seeing with Beatrice when he first met her?

3. In "Gawain's Second Reverie," who does Gawain think created the trees he sees?

4. In Chapter 8 when Edwin remembered being in the old tower, what did the tower look like from inside?

5. What is the name of the person in Chapter 13 who told the children to feed their goats poisoned leaves?

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