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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. In Chapter 5, whose men does Wistan think the soldiers are?
2. What does Beatrice say that the woman in rags that she talked to in Chapter 2 was weeping for?
3. Where was Edwin in Chapter 4 when he heard his mother's voice?
4. In Chapter 4, who does Edwin remember trying to curse him before he left the village?
5. In Chapter 1, when was Beatrice's candle taken from her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?
2. What is the place like where Axl and Beatrice live?
3. What are some areas of Britain like in the time when Axl and Beatrice live in Chapter 1?
4. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?
5. Who does Axl remember in Chapter 1 that no one else seems to remember?
6. In Chapter 5, what roles do Wistan and Edwin assume when they meet soldiers at a bridge?
7. In Chapter 2, what is the villa like where Beatrice and Axl take shelter?
8. In Chapter 2, what difficulties are there in traveling in open country?
9. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice tell Axl about the woman in rags that she spoke with a while back?
10. Why does the boatman say that he is at the villa in Chapter 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edwin has a bite on his chest, and people want to kill him. What do people suppose caused Edwin’s bite? What do people believe will happen to Edwin because of the bite? How does superstition play a role in Edwin becoming an outcast?
Essay Topic 2
Point-of-view is how the author tells the story and allows readers to interpret characters and events. What two points of view are used in the novel? How does using those points of view affect what readers know about characters and events?
Essay Topic 3
The novel takes place in Britain in medieval times. Is the setting a neutral background not important to the novel, or does the setting take on the role of a character?
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