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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Merlyn and his men nervous about the planned cavalry display for Athol and his men?
(a) They don't want to seem as showing off too much.
(b) Their horses are hungry and not acting right.
(c) The horses spook easily in the new land.
(d) They don't have their usual amount of horses and riders.

2. What does Merlyn tell Ambrose about his ascent to power in Chapter 7?
(a) That it is time to move from a monarchy to a democracy.
(b) That he is King now even though he doesn't want it.
(c) That he will be second-in-command as soon as he is ready.
(d) That he must cede the thrown to Arthur.

3. How does the group first see Eire in Chapter 11?
(a) Through the darkness.
(b) Through the fog.
(c) Through the rain.
(d) Through burning-bright sunlight.

4. Who is Popilius?
(a) A man who tries to assassinate Merlyn.
(b) A man who tries to kidnap Arthur.
(c) Merlyn's father.
(d) A senior soldier in Camulod.

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

6. Who is Donuil?
(a) A friend of Merlyn's.
(b) A stepbrother of Meryln's.
(c) Merlyn's father.
(d) A brother of Merlyn's.

7. Why does Merlyn get angry with Donuil when he goes hunting by himself in Chapter 10?
(a) Because someone is following them and they could have been attacked.
(b) Because if he didn't come back, Merlyn couldn't get Arthur back.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Because he could have gotten hurt.

8. What kind of description does Athol want from Merlyn in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) A description of how horrible the leper colony was.
(b) A description of the future as Merlyn sees it in his dreams.
(c) A description of the kind of woman his daughter had become.
(d) A description of the lands between Camulod and Glevum.

9. What warning does Merlyn give Ironhair after their confrontation in Chapter 6?
(a) That he will spend the rest of his life in jail for what he did.
(b) This is a trick question; there is no such confrontation in Chapter 6.
(c) That he will one day seek revenge for these actions.
(d) Not to challenge him in the future.

10. What do the men do with the wild animal that attacks them in Chapter 11?
(a) Catch it so they can sell it to the circus.
(b) Kill it out of mercy and then leave it for the other animals.
(c) Shoot it so it is injured and will die, but then move on.
(d) Prepare a feast with it.

11. What prevents the men from traveling around Eire as they had hoped?
(a) There are no roads.
(b) They ran out of gas for their cars.
(c) There are police everywhere.
(d) They must travel only at night.

12. How does Merlyn spend the day after the day he talks to Lucanus about being celibate in Chapter 6?
(a) He visits the sick.
(b) He inspects the troops.
(c) He goes for a ride on his horse.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

13. Who does Merlyn suspect is behind his stabbing?
(a) Popilius.
(b) Donuil.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) Ironhair.

14. How does Athol come to accept Merlyn at the conclusion of Chapter 13?
(a) As a family member.
(b) Hesitatingly.
(c) Not at all; he has never liked him and never will.
(d) As a fraud.

15. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?
(a) Women.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Saxons.
(d) Dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Ironhair do for a living?

2. What does Donuil suggest he and Merlyn bring as gifts to his father back in Eire?

3. Why is Merlyn able to communicate so quickly with his captors in Chapter 1?

4. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do first?

5. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?

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