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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?
(a) They think he is a demon.
(b) They laugh hysterically at him until they fall down.
(c) They think he is strong and brave.
(d) They are afraid of him.

2. Where does Waleran Bigod set up a meeting with Prior Philip?
(a) In King Philip's castle
(b) In Salisbury Cathedral
(c) In the ruins of Earl Bartholomew's castle
(d) In the Kingsbridge Cathedral

3. After the death of Bishop James, who does Remingus see as his rival for the post of Prior of Kingsbridge?
(a) Francis
(b) Prior Philip
(c) Peter of Wareham
(d) Waleran

4. What does the condemned man look like?
(a) He is short, fat, and bald.
(b) He is tall, dark, and scruffy.
(c) He is old, wrinkled, and bald.
(d) He is young and pale with green eyes and red hair.

5. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?
(a) They think he is possessed.
(b) They think he is retarded.
(c) They think he is handsome.
(d) They think he is ugly.

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

7. What is the language the condemned man speaks?
(a) German
(b) Norman French
(c) Latin
(d) Gaelic

8. 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) Hangings usually take place in private.
(c) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.
(d) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.

9. Who teaches Aliena about the wool business?
(a) Francis
(b) Meg, a wool merchant's wife
(c) Ellen
(d) Prior Philip

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

11. Where do Aliena and Richard intend to go after their escape?
(a) To Kingsbridge to seek Prior Philip's help
(b) To the forest where no one can find them
(c) To Salisbury
(d) To Winchester to find out where their father is

12. What impresses Prior Philip about Tom's plans for the cathedral?
(a) His detailed calculations of cost, time, and labor
(b) The cheap cost for materials he would use
(c) Tom will work for room and board.
(d) His intricate, costly designs

13. What has Tom Builder been hired to build for the earl's daughter and her fiancée?
(a) A fine house
(b) A guest house
(c) A protective stone wall
(d) A stone fireplace

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

15. Why doesn't the master builder of Salisbury Cathedral hire Tom?
(a) He has too many masons already.
(b) He feels Tom is not qualified.
(c) He is jealous of Tom.
(d) He doesn't like the looks of Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?

2. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?

3. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?

4. What do the older women bring to the marketplace when they go to watch the hanging?

5. What does Prior Philip have the monks do when they go to the quarry?

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