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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the stranger lights a candle in the crystal chamber?
(a) Merlin sees visions
(b) The cave disappears
(c) Merlin cries
(d) The stranger disappears

2. Where does Merlin go to hide?
(a) In a boat
(b) A cattle shed
(c) Up in a tree
(d) A cave

3. Whose dead body does Merlin see when he returns to the castle?
(a) Cadal
(b) Vortigern
(c) Cerdic
(d) Niniane

4. Who does Merlin go out with during the daytime hours?
(a) Dinias
(b) Galapas
(c) The hunting party
(d) The High King

5. How old is Merlin when his teacher begins to teach him about the crystal cave?
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 15
(d) 10

6. Who is a mathematician and an astronomer?
(a) Merlin
(b) Ambrosius
(c) Berlasius
(d) Uther

7. What happens to Merlin as he approaches the house?
(a) He falls
(b) Soliders see him
(c) He becomes ill
(d) A dog barks

8. Who is a priest of the old religion?
(a) Belasius
(b) Uther
(c) Cadal
(d) Ambrosius

9. Who is the bastard son of the king by a slave woman?
(a) Merlin
(b) Gorlan
(c) Dinias
(d) Cadal

10. How old is Merlin when the story begins?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 9
(d) 7

11. What happens to Merlin on the boat trip?
(a) He is very sick
(b) He escapes by swimming away
(c) He befriends the men
(d) He dies

12. Who is Vortigern's son?
(a) Hanno
(b) Dinias
(c) Merlin
(d) Vortimer

13. Whose name causes other men in the tavern to stop and turn?
(a) Ambrosius
(b) Merlin
(c) Dinias
(d) Cadal

14. Whose child is Moravik now taking care of, leaving Merlin with more free time?
(a) Keri's
(b) Morgan's
(c) Lady Niniane's
(d) Olwen's

15. To where does Dinias invite Merlin?
(a) A festival
(b) His house
(c) A different cave
(d) A pub

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cadal comes in and says the horses are ready, where does Merlin tell them to go?

2. Where are Hanno and Marric going?

3. What does Merlin grab to keep himself warm?

4. Who approaches Merlin?

5. Why does Merlin wake up?

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