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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 is the name of Gawain's horse?
2. What does Edwin remember Steffen telling him in Chapter 4 that the villagers hid from in the barn when Edwin was very young?
3. In Chapter 5, who was Gawain's uncle?
4. In Chapter 1, what is Axl and Beatrice's bed made from?
5. In November, who did a woman claim to be who was wandering in a cloak of black rags?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 4, who is old Steffa, and what did he tell Edwin?
2. What do the soldiers look like that Axl and his group encounter in Chapter 5?
3. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember about being a prisoner of the ogres?
4. What are some areas of Britain like in the time when Axl and Beatrice live in Chapter 1?
5. In Chapter 1, what are everyday hazards for people?
6. In Chapter 2, what does Beatrice tell Axl about the woman in rags that she spoke with a while back?
7. In Chapter 3, who rescues Axl and Beatrice from a mob?
8. Who does Axl remember in Chapter 1 that no one else seems to remember?
9. What happened earlier in the day to some men and a boy from the Saxon village who went fishing in Chapter 3?
10. In Chapter 3, what does Beatrice see at the gate, and how is that different from when she was at the Saxon village before?
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 is caught by soldiers at the monastery. Who betrays Wistan to the soldiers, and why?
Essay Topic 3
A flashback is a point in a story where the author takes readers back in time to present information that happened previously. How does the author use flashbacks in the book? What do flashbacks reveal about characters and events?
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