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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 the prisoner do after the noose is placed around his neck?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He begins to scream.
(c) He starts to sing.
(d) He begins to beg for mercy.

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

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

4. What is the description of the priest who is one of the condemned man's accusers?
(a) He is young, has black hair and a sharp nose, wears black robes, and has a dangerous look.
(b) He is fat, red faced, and clumsy.
(c) He is old, bald, rides an old mare, and wears black robes.
(d) He is young with blond hair, blue eyes, and has a friendly face.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who teaches Aliena about the wool business?

2. Where is Tom's third child born?

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

4. What type of cathedral does Tom design for Prior Philip?

5. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tom first meet Ellen and her son, Jack?

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

3. Who is riding behind the oxcart that brings the condemned man to the gallows?

4. Describe the design of the cathedral Tom proposes to build for Prior Philip.

5. 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?

6. What does the condemned man do as the noose is placed around his neck?

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

8. Why does Lord William Hamleigh fire Tom from the job of building him a house?

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

10. What is the reaction of the townspeople as the man is led to the gallows?

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