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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, how long does Axl tell a soldier that Wistan and Edwin are to work for him to pay a debt?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 6 months.

4. What is the only thing that Beatrice can remember about her son in Chapter 2 before she and Axl cross the Great Plain?
(a) Light blonde hair.
(b) Tall, broad shoulders.
(c) Strong, handsome face.
(d) Very black hair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Axl and Beatrice live?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Edwin remember trying to curse him before he left the village?

3. In Chapter 2, what type of village will Axl and Beatrice shelter in the first night of their journey?

4. Where does Edwin say that his mother is in Chapter 4?

5. What is the name of the boy rescued from monsters in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Beatrice see at the gate, and how is that different from when she was at the Saxon village before?

2. In Chapter 2, what is the villa like where Beatrice and Axl take shelter?

3. Why does Edwin think that Wistan wants to stay off the main mountain road as they travel?

4. What are some areas of Britain like in the time when Axl and Beatrice live in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 3, who rescues Axl and Beatrice from a mob?

6. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember about being a prisoner of the ogres?

7. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?

8. What happened earlier in the day to some men and a boy from the Saxon village who went fishing in Chapter 3?

9. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?

10. Why does the boatman say that he is at the villa in Chapter 2?

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