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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. If someone had to jump from the tower, what might cushion their fall?

2. How many soldiers arrive in Chapter 7?

3. What does Edwin do when Axl and the others approach a portcullis in Chapter 7?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what does Wistan think flies past as he and Edwin climb?

5. What does Wistan think the monastery used to be in Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Gawain's First Reverie," who was Axl and what did he regret?

3. In Chapter 10, what did Wistan say about his relationship with Lord Brennus?

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

5. In "Gawain's Second Reverie," why does Axl insist on taking the goat to the giant's cairn?

6. Why does Gawain remember that he took a woman into the battlefield in "Gawain's First Reverie"?

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

8. Why does Father Brian wake Axl and the others, and where does he take them in Chapter 7?

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

10. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin remember seeing by a pond one day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is a literary element in a novel that evokes feelings in readers through the descriptions provided by the author. Colors are sometimes associated with mood. What color would you assign for the mood in the novel overall? Would you assign a different color or colors in various sections of the novel?

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

Wistan asks Edwin to make a promise. What promise does Wistan ask Edwin to make? Does Edwin hesitate at the time he is asked to make the promise? Why does he later struggle with the promise?

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