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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the condition of Tom and his family by the time Christmas arrives?
(a) They are doing well because of Tom's new job.
(b) They are healthy and warm in a new home.
(c) They are happy to be together in a warm cave.
(d) They are starving

5. 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 peasant family
(c) With a friend in Salisbury
(d) With the monks in a monastery

Short Answer Questions

1. Who catches the thief red-handed with the stolen silver chalice?

2. What is the favorite event for the young boys who gather in the marketplace?

3. How does Philip plan to speed up the work on the cathedral repairs?

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

5. Who does Philip find hiding in Earl Bartholomew's castle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbot Peter transfer Prior Philip out of the monastery where he was born and where does he send him?

2. Describe the condemned man's appearance.

3. What events take place when William Hamleigh goes to the castle at Shiring to claim it as his own?

4. Describe the business that Aliena begins when she gets the money her father left for her and Richard with a priest in Winchester?

5. When the condemned man dies, what is the reaction of the young pregnant girl to whom he was singing?

6. Summarize the actions of the townspeople before the hanging takes place.

7. What is Tom Builder's greatest passion in life?

8. What does Tom ask Ellen after she allows Tom and the children to stay in her cave, giving them food and shelter?

9. Describe the plan Philip devises to get more work done on the cathedral before the visit from Bishop Henry.

10. What is the deal that Archdeacon Waleran makes with Philip after the death of Prior James, the Prior of Kingsbridge?

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