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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the battle, who fights under General Calgacus, according to the description in the book?
(a) Gaius.
(b) Regalua.
(c) Ardanos.
(d) Cynric.

2. Whose child do the women in the house think Gawen is?
(a) Mairi.
(b) Eilan.
(c) Dieda.
(d) Caillean.

3. Whose attention does Gaius get when he arrives to find where Eilan is?
(a) Dieda's.
(b) Caillean's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Lhiannon's.

4. Who is against the plan of having Eilan as the next high priestess?
(a) Ardanos.
(b) Caillean.
(c) Gaius.
(d) Dieda.

5. Eilan interprets the dream differently and thinks that maybe she will be departing soon to the __________.
(a) Belate ritual.
(b) Rites.
(c) New home.
(d) Summer Country.

6. What moves Gaius when he sees them at the coliseum, according to the story told in the book?
(a) The crowd.
(b) The merciful emperor.
(c) The animals.
(d) Gladiators.

7. Julia decides that she and Gaius should not have anymore ____________.
(a) Books.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Children.

8. Gaius and Julia take lessons in Greek and in formal Latin in order to prepare for their trip to __________.
(a) Antioch.
(b) Paris.
(c) Athens.
(d) Rome.

9. What does Gaius propose to Eilan, though she is cold and indifferent to him?
(a) Riches.
(b) A new home.
(c) Escape.
(d) Marriage.

10. Who does Eilan send to take the two half-Roman girls to Marcellius, according to the book?
(a) No one.
(b) Caillean.
(c) Dieda.
(d) Senara.

11. Senara tells Gaius that he can meet her at the _________ cottage, according to the story.
(a) Library.
(b) Vacant.
(c) Priestesses'.
(d) Father's.

12. How many children do Gaius and Julia have by the end of the chapter in this section?
(a) Ten.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

13. Who refuses to go away with Gaius when he is sent away at this point of the story?
(a) Dieda.
(b) Senara.
(c) Cynric.
(d) Eilan.

14. Who is taken in as a hostage, instead of being killed, as it seemed would be the case in that fight?
(a) Gaius.
(b) No one.
(c) Ardanos.
(d) Cynric.

15. Eilan lets Gaius know she cannot marry him because she is __________, even if he were to marry and to divorce his wife.
(a) Not in love with him.
(b) A mother.
(c) A high priestess.
(d) Already married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the image that Eilan sees during her next ritual when Cynric appears?

2. Who does Senara meet along the way on her trip, according to the book?

3. Who kills Cynric for being rude to the high priestess at the time?

4. Who dies without naming an heir, according to the story at this point of the book?

5. What is the sex/sexes of the child/children that Gaius and Julia have prematurely?

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