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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. How many did Gawain remember went out to face Querig long ago?

2. In Chapter 12, who are the men that Edwin says took his mother?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Axl remember were used to dig the grave for the grey-haired soldier?

4. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin remember that Wistan thought was in the moat of the tower at one time?

5. In Chapter 10, what body part does Wistan have bound in sacking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the young monk taking Edwin in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 7, what is the chamber like that Axl, Beatrice, Edwin, and Gawain find at the end of the tunnel?

3. In Chapter 13, why did the girl ask Axl and Beatrice to take a goat to the giant's cairn?

4. What did Gawain remember about the death of his old comrade, Master Buel in "Gawain's Second Reverie"?

5. Why can Axl and Beatrice not ride in a boat in Chapter 11, and how do they go down the river?

6. In Chapter 6, why does Axl find it difficult to sleep?

7. In Chapter 12, what does Wistan want Edwin to promise?

8. What does Axl remember about meeting Beatrice in Chapter 6?

9. What does Beatrice think her foot touches in Chapter 7, and what does Axl say that her foot touched?

10. In Chapter 7, who do Axl, Beatrice, and Edwin encounter in the tunnel?

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

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 3

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?

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