2. Why does Merlyn often try to avoid his dreams?
(a) Because they are so sad -- and mostly about his dead wife.
(b) Because they are dark, frightening, and prophetic.
(c) Because they show him how rotten and cruel he is inside.
(d) Because they are so silly.

3. 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) Prepare a feast with it.
(d) Shoot it so it is injured and will die, but then move on.

4. Who does Merlyn's aunt tell Merlyn would be proud of him because of his work with the Council?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Her brother.
(c) His father.
(d) Her husband.

5. Where does Merlyn go to grieve his wife in Chapter 6?
(a) A secret vale where they lived together.
(b) Her favorite spring.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) Her favorite tree just outside of town.

6. What does Merlyn do when he finds Uther's body?
(a) Steals the clothes.
(b) Makes a funeral pyre for him.
(c) Looks for jewelry he can sell for food.
(d) Buries it.

7. What does Merlyn suspect Uther of doing?
(a) Killing Arthur's mother.
(b) Killing Arthur's sister.
(c) Killing Merlyn's beloved wife.
(d) Killing Merlyn's daughter.

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

9. 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.

10. Who is Lucanus?
(a) A woman Merlyn's mother hopes he will marry.
(b) Merlyn's son.
(c) Merlyn's sworn enemy.
(d) Merlyn's friend and a physician.

11. What kind of romantic relationships make Merlyn uncomfortable in the beginning of "The Saxon Shore"?
(a) Any romantic relationships at all.
(b) Anything other than heterosexual relationships.
(c) Heterosexual relationships.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

12. How does Merlyn react to Lucanus's request that he visit the leper colony?
(a) He decides it's just too risky.
(b) It's fine since they were going there anyway.
(c) He is uneasy but agrees to do it.
(d) Lucanus can go but Merlyn will stay far away.

13. When Ironhair and Merlyn have a confrontation in Chapter 6, who wins?
(a) This is a trick question; there is no confrontation.
(b) No one; it is a draw.
(c) Ironhair.
(d) Merlyn.

14. Who is Athol?
(a) Dedalus' brother.
(b) The king in Eire.
(c) Arthur's wet nurse.
(d) Merlyn's confidant.

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