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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 7, how do Axl, Beatrice, and Edwin escape the soldiers?
(a) Disguised as monks.
(b) Tunnel.
(c) In an old wagon.
(d) Path through the woods.

2. In Chapter 6, how old does Wiston say that he was when he saw someone who looks like Axl?
(a) 16.
(b) A youth.
(c) 12.
(d) Small boy.

3. What animal does Axl see in Chapter 13?
(a) Bear.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Goat.
(d) Deer.

4. In Chapter 12, who are the men that Edwin says took his mother?
(a) 3 Britons.
(b) 5 Britons.
(c) 4 Britons.
(d) 1 Briton.

5. If someone had to jump from the tower, what might cushion their fall?
(a) Blankets.
(b) Straw bales.
(c) Pine boughs.
(d) Hay wagon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who made Edwin's shoes?

3. When Axl remembers riding horses with a companion in Chapter 6, what is the man's name he remembers?

4. In Chapter 7, what does the head of the creature look like?

5. How old was Edwin when his mother was taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Gawain's First Reverie," who was Axl and what did he regret?

2. In Chapter 13, why did the girl ask Axl and Beatrice to take a goat to the giant's cairn?

3. Where did Beatrice and Axl find shelter in Chapter 13?

4. Why does Gawain remember that he took a woman into the battlefield in "Gawain's First Reverie"?

5. In Chapter 10, what did Wistan say about his relationship with Lord Brennus?

6. What is Wistan's condition in Chapter 10?

7. What does Edwin sees when he climbs to the top of a precipice in Chapter 12?

8. In Chapter 12, what does Wistan want Edwin to promise?

9. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin see when he reaches the central courtyard of the monastery?

10. Why can Axl and Beatrice not ride in a boat in Chapter 11, and how do they go down the river?

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