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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. Where do Axl and Beatrice live?
2. In Chapter 4, who does Edwin remember trying to curse him before he left the village?
3. Who is an ancient warrior and cripple that Edwin remembers from his village in Chapter 4?
4. In Chapter 2, what do Axl and Beatrice walk through after leaving a ruined villa?
5. In Chapter 3, what color cloak does Axl remember Beatrice wearing in a memory he recalls?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 3, who rescues Axl and Beatrice from a mob?
2. What does Beatrice remember and not remember about their son in Chapter 2?
3. What do the soldiers look like that Axl and his group encounter in Chapter 5?
4. What does Edwin hear her mother telling him to do in Chapter 4?
5. In Chapter 2, what difficulties are there in traveling in open country?
6. How is the land described in Chapter 1?
7. In Chapter 2, what is the villa like where Beatrice and Axl take shelter?
8. Who does Axl remember in Chapter 1 that no one else seems to remember?
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
A wagon with a cage is found at the monastery. What is the purpose of the wagon and cage? In what way is the use of the cart a ritual? Why do the monks use the wagon and cage as penance? How successful has the use of the wagon and cart been?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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