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

2. Where does Beatrice say they will have to take care in Chapter 2 when they cross the Great Plain?
(a) Where the Roman is buried.
(b) Where the giant is buried.
(c) Near a small stream.
(d) When crossing the river.

3. 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.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 3, at what gate will Wiston meet Axl and Beatrice?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) North.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 when it storms, where do Axl and Beatrice take shelter?

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

3. In Chapter 1, when was Beatrice's candle taken from her?

4. How long ago does Axl think in Chapter 1 that a woman was in the village who was a healer?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what are everyday hazards for people?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Beatrice remember and not remember about their son in Chapter 2?

7. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?

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

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

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

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