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

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

3. What does Philip's brother, Francis, surprise him with when he comes to visit?
(a) He brings needed donations.
(b) He brings fresh fruit.
(c) He brings a new bible.
(d) He brings a baby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Prior Philip's biggest problem at his small monastery?

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

3. What does Aliena buy to start up her wool business?

4. What action does the person take who screamed at the prisoner's death?

5. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the condemned man's appearance.

2. What does Tom discover when he has a change of heart and goes back to Agnes' grave to get the baby?

3. What is the favorite pastime of the young boys who gather early in the marketplace?

4. What is the secret compromise that Philip proposes to the Hamleighs about the forests and quarry in Shiring and how does this affect his relationship with Waleran?

5. Describe the conversation the young men have about witnessing other hangings.

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

7. What does Prior Philip have the monks of the monastery do when William Hamleigh's men will not let, Tom, the master builder of Kingsbridge, go into the quarry for stone?

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

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

10. Summarize the location and outcome of the birth of Tom's third child.

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