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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, The Saxon Shore: Chapters 19-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Merlyn stabbed after the funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) The crowded bathhouse.
(b) On a quiet road, walking home.
(c) In his own home.
(d) Behind the church.

2. In what perspective is "The Saxon Shore" written?
(a) Fourth person.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person.

3. What does Athol agree to in regard to Arthur?
(a) Surrender his lands when the time comes for Arthur to be king.
(b) All of these answers are correct.
(c) Keep his identity a secret from Donuil.
(d) Protect him and that Merlyn is the one to train him.

4. What surprise do Merlyn and his group encounter when they first return to home soil in Chapter 19?
(a) A plague of locusts.
(b) A body of armed men.
(c) A field of blooming daisies as far as the eye can see.
(d) A drought.

5. Who does Merlyn first tell about his prophetic dream, once he realizes its significance on the boat as he departs Eire?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Athol..
(c) Lucanus.
(d) Sheelagh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Merlyn tell Ambrose that Arthur could become High King?

2. What does Lucanus tell Merlyn he should fear about the lepers?

3. What is Sheelagh very gifted with?

4. What role did Twistback once play with a troupe of showman?

5. What delays Merlyn's plans to seek justice for the attack in Chapter 21?

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