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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1135-1136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom get hired to make repairs on Kingsbridge Cathedral?
(a) He sets the cathedral on fire, hoping to get the job to repair it.
(b) He wins a bid against another stonemason.
(c) He begs the prior for the job.
(d) Jack sets the cathedral on fire and Tom proposes a plan to the Prior for repairs.

2. Who does William Hamleigh almost run down with his powerful war horse?
(a) Tom
(b) Agnes
(c) Martha
(d) Aliena

3. Why does Lord William Hamleigh dismiss Tom and his stonemasons?
(a) William decides to live in his father's castle.
(b) William decides to move to a different town.
(c) William's engagement is broken off.
(d) William finds a cheaper builder.

4. Who are the three men that ride behind the oxcart that carries the prisoner?
(a) The king, the queen, and the priest
(b) A monk, the king, and an earl
(c) A knight, a priest, and a monk
(d) An earl, a prior, and a knight

5. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?
(a) The person the prisoner was staring at drops to the ground, uttering a curse.
(b) Their fathers come to take them home.
(c) Their mothers chase them with switches.
(d) The prisoner's dead eyes stare at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?

2. What does the prisoner do after the noose is placed around his neck?

3. What does the condemned man look like?

4. What is Prior Philip's biggest problem at his small monastery?

5. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?

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