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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 Chapter 2, where do Beatrice and Axl rest after crossing the Great Plain?
(a) Under a hawthorn tree.
(b) By a small hill.
(c) Under a birch tree.
(d) Brook.

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

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

4. How long did the woman who came in November wander in the forest, fields, and villages?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 5 days.

5. In Chapter 3, where does Wistan want Axl and Beatrice to take Edwin?
(a) Briton village.
(b) Saxon village.
(c) Fisher village on the river.
(d) Monastery.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where does Edwin see the village in Chapter 4?

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

3. Who does Wistan say is a guest of Lord Brennus who is said to possess the wisdom to tame dragons?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Axl remember two shepherds claming to see?

5. At the end of Chapter 3, at what gate will Wiston meet Axl and Beatrice?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, who do Axl and his group meet under an oak tree?

2. In Chapter 5, what roles do Wistan and Edwin assume when they meet soldiers at a bridge?

3. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice tell Axl about the woman in rags that she spoke with a while back?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, how does Beatrice think they will find their son's village?

5. In Chapter 2, what difficulties are there in traveling in open country?

6. What do the soldiers look like that Axl and his group encounter in Chapter 5?

7. What is the place like where Axl and Beatrice live?

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

9. Who does Axl remember in Chapter 1 that no one else seems to remember?

10. What does Wisan want Axl and Beatrice to do in Chapter 3 and why?

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