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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?
(a) He goes to ask the Bishop to transfer Peter of Wareham to another monastery.
(b) He goes to ask the Bishop's help with a new cathedral.
(c) He goes to tell the Bishop about the planned rebellion against King Stephen by Maud's followers.
(d) He goes to ask the Bishop to find a home for the baby.

2. What happens when Aliena tries to sell her fleeces at the market?
(a) She gets full price for the fleeces.
(b) She is only offered half of what they are worth.
(c) The fleeces are stolen from her.
(d) No one will buy them from a woman.

3. Where do Aliena and Richard discover their father is being held?
(a) In a cave
(b) In prison
(c) In the monastery
(d) In a church basement

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

5. What happens to Tom's baby son after his birth?
(a) The baby is too weak to survive.
(b) Tom leaves the baby behind.
(c) The baby is killed by a wolf.
(d) The baby dies.

6. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?
(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Ten
(d) One

7. What does the thief steal from Tom's family?
(a) A mason's tool
(b) A loaf of bread
(c) A sack of gold coins
(d) A pig

8. What do the older women bring to the marketplace when they go to watch the hanging?
(a) They bring ale and food to sell at the hanging.
(b) They bring wooden stools to sit while watching the hanging.
(c) They bring clothing to mend while at the hanging.
(d) They bring their weaving to pass the time.

9. What is Prior Philip's biggest problem at his small monastery?
(a) Francis
(b) Peter of Wareham
(c) Archdeacon Waleran
(d) William Hamleigh

10. Where do Aliena and Richard find the money their father had left them?
(a) With a priest who has spent some of it
(b) With a friend in Salisbury
(c) With the monks in a monastery
(d) With a peasant family

11. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?
(a) They find it strange that no one is going to see the hanging.
(b) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.
(c) Hangings usually take place in private.
(d) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.

12. What question does Tom ask Ellen after staying with her for a time?
(a) Can his family stay with her?
(b) What can he do to help her?
(c) Can she take care of his family while he goes to find work?
(d) Will she marry him?

13. How do Richard and Aliena escape the castle?
(a) Through a tunnel
(b) On foot
(c) On war horses
(d) In an oxcart

14. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring?
(a) Kingsbridge gets the farmland and the Hamleighs get the forest.
(b) Kingsbridge gets the earl's money and the Hamleighs get the earldom.
(c) Kingsbridge gets the forest and the Hamleigh's get the quarries.
(d) Kingsbridge gets the forest and quarries, while the Hamleighs get the earldom and farmland.

15. What does Agnes tell Tom when she brings him his lunch?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She is going to visit her sister.
(c) She found a weaving job.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Aliena plans the escape from William, what does she pack to take with her?

3. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?

4. Why doesn't the master builder of Salisbury Cathedral hire Tom?

5. What is the language the condemned man speaks?

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