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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: 1136 - 1137.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people live in the homes of the town square?
(a) The poor of the town
(b) Prostitutes
(c) Craftsmen and traders
(d) Soldiers

2. What do Tom and Agnes do when they locate the thief that robbed them
(a) They run away from him.
(b) They have the sheriff arrest him.
(c) They follow him and Tom kills him in a struggle.
(d) They wrestle him to the ground and he returns what he had stolen.

3. What does Aliena's and Richard's father make them vow to him?
(a) They will get revenge on the Hamleighs and get back the earldom.
(b) They will get as far away from Shiring as they can.
(c) They will go into the forest and stay out of harm's way.
(d) They will get King Stephen to help them.

4. What do the young men in the marketplace think is lucky for a condemned man?
(a) To hang slowly in the hope of being rescued
(b) To break his neck, resulting in a quick death
(c) To be forgiven by a priest
(d) To have a friend shoot him with an arrow before he hangs

5. What is the favorite event for the young boys who gather in the marketplace?
(a) Watching the king pass by
(b) Cock fighting
(c) Buying treats at the market
(d) Watching a hanging

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who nudges the sheriff impatiently, wanting to hurry along the hanging?

3. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?

4. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?

5. What does the condemned man look like?

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