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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 color tunics do the soldiers wear in Chapter 5?

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

3. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember covered his cage when he was captured by the ogres?

4. How old is the man that Axl thinks is a warrior in Chapter 3?

5. What does Edwin remembering falling on his head when he was captured and caged by the ogres?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the land described in Chapter 1?

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

4. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?

5. Why does the boatman say that he is at the villa in Chapter 2?

6. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?

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

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

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

10. What do Axl and Beatrice have to attend to before they can go on their journey in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Wistan knew Lord Brennus when they were boys. What was the relationship between Wistan and Brennus when they were boys? Why does Brennus seek revenge upon Wistan?

Essay Topic 3

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

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