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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Aliena buy to start up her wool business?
(a) Two ewes and one ram
(b) Three sheep and a sheep dog
(c) A flock of sheep
(d) A cart, fleeces, and an old horse

3. What impresses Tom about Ellen's son, Jack?
(a) He offers the guests food before taking any for himself.
(b) He gives Tom's family his portion of food
(c) He has impeccable social graces.
(d) He is able to hunt ducks with a stone and a sling.

4. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?
(a) Gray and dull
(b) Blue like the sea
(c) Green as the grass
(d) Golden and luminous

5. What does Prior Philip have the monks do when they go to the quarry?
(a) They mine the stone.
(b) They light candles and begin to sing holy songs.
(c) They bless the quarrymen.
(d) They pray for the safety of the men.

6. What action does the person take who screamed at the prisoner's death?
(a) Takes a lamb and stabs it in the heart
(b) Takes a cockerel out of a sack and slices its throat
(c) Throws feces at the accusers
(d) Grabs the prisoner's dangling feet

7. As Aliena plans the escape from William, what does she pack to take with her?
(a) A bottle of ale
(b) A loaf of bread
(c) A pouch of silver
(d) A sword and dagger

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

9. What happens to Philip's and Waleran's relationship after Philip makes a compromise with the Hamleighs?
(a) They become indifferent to one another.
(b) They become close partners.
(c) They become close friends.
(d) They become enemies for life.

10. Who comes out of the forest to help Martha when she is hit on the head by a robber?
(a) William Hamleigh
(b) Ellen and her son, Jack
(c) Aliena
(d) Prior Philip

11. What is one of the first things Philip does in his new priory?
(a) He has all the monks go into fasting and prayer.
(b) He cuts the food portions of the monks.
(c) He puts the monks to work and provides them with more food.
(d) He stops the monks from working and tells them to pray

12. What do the old women in the crowd conclude about the person at whom the prisoner is looking?
(a) She is about to die.
(b) He is old and weary.
(c) He is the prisoner's brother.
(d) She is pregnant.

13. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?
(a) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.
(b) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(c) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(d) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.

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

15. What is the name of the ship that sinks after setting sail from England in 1120?
(a) The Balfour
(b) The Queen Elizabeth
(c) The White Ship
(d) The Queen Maud

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the condemned man look like?

2. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring?

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

4. What has Tom Builder been hired to build for the earl's daughter and her fiancée?

5. What happens when Aliena tries to sell her fleeces at the market?

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