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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 4, what type of tree does Edwin choose when Wistan asks him to keep watch?

2. In Chapter 3, where does Wistan want Axl and Beatrice to take Edwin?

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

4. What are native to England in Chapter 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 4, who is old Steffa, and what did he tell Edwin?

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

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

5. How is the land described in Chapter 1?

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

7. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice tell Axl about the woman in rags that she spoke with a while back?

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

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

10. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember about being a prisoner of the ogres?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, there are two people groups: Saxons and Britons. What is the history of these people groups? What is similar and dissimilar about the groups?

Essay Topic 3

There seems to be a universal loss of memory of the people in the novel. What causes this amnesia? What was the purpose of the mist? Did the mist serve its purpose?

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