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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tree is known as "the old thorn" in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 1, what season is it?

3. What are native to England in Chapter 1?

4. In Chapter 3, how tall are the grasses and dandelions near the Saxon village?

5. In Chapter 5, whose men does Wistan think the soldiers are?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edwin deceives Wistan after they reunite. Why does Edwin deceive Wistan? What moral dilemma does he struggle with when he deceives Wistan?

Essay Topic 2

Wistan has a feeling of danger at the monastery. What are premonitions? What characters have premonitions? How do those premonitions come to pass? How do premonitions affect characters and their survival?

Essay Topic 3

Wistan is caught by soldiers at the monastery. Who betrays Wistan to the soldiers, and why?

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