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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. What does Julia refuse to do with Gaius anymore, and he agrees to this request?

2. Eilan tells the people in a trance that ________ will peak and fall in its own time, according to the book's description.

3. A man in the group of people that Caillean meets on the way to the Summer Country all serve _________.

4. Who does Gaius meet for the first time when he is talking to the Christian hermit?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the task that Julia wants Gaius to accomplish before they can agree to marry each other?

2. What does Ardanos claim about the state of Eilan when he finally talks to Marcellius?

3. Why do people in the Forest House decide that the baby might also be Dieda's baby?

4. What does Senara refuse from Gaius when she is taking the two half-Roman girls to Marcellius?

5. What does Eilan want Senara to do with her son when she had the vision of Caillean?

6. What is the dream that Caillean has at the start of this section, one that disturbs her greatly?

7. What does Cynric feel about the offer that Gaius makes to make him a hostage?

8. What is the situation of the woman that Gaius meets at the beginning of Chapter 25?

9. What does Ardanos want to do in order to make sure that Eilan is ready for her new role in the house?

10. What are some of the ways in which Caillean wants to run her new house differently from the Forest House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Gaius is hesitant to share what his background is, as he knows there is bad blood between the Britons and the Romans.

Part 1: Do you think that Gaius should have hidden his background from the others?

Part 2: Why were there bad feelings between the Britons and the Romans?

Part 3: How do you think Gaius might have been treated if the others found out what his background was?

Essay Topic 2

Gaius sees that Eilan has become in her role as a priestess and he is stunned by the change.

Part 1: Why do you think that Gaius is unnerved by the way that Eilan has changed?

Part 2: Do you think that Gaius should be happy about the changes in Eilan?

Part 3: Would you support the life of Eilan if you were in Gaius' shoes?

Essay Topic 3

The priestesses choose women to come into the house in order to be trained in the priestess life.

Part 1: What do you think it takes in order to be selected as a priestess?

Part 2: Do you think that families want their daughters to be selected to be a priestess?

Part 3: Why do you think Cynric was not happy about Dieda getting chosen to be a priestess?

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