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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Merlyn able to communicate so quickly with his captors in Chapter 1?
(a) They all speak English.
(b) Because he's a sorcerer he can understand everyone.
(c) He knows sign language.
(d) He realizes he speaks their language.

3. What gift does Merlyn give one of the lepers in the leper colony?
(a) A box of candles.
(b) A fur coat.
(c) A gallon of mead.
(d) A large box of biscuits.

4. 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.

5. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?
(a) Arthur's nanny and tutor.
(b) Two nameless servants.
(c) Mungo and Finn.
(d) Athol and his wife.

6. How many days after his stabbing does Merlyn finally leave for Eire?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 30.
(d) 2.

7. What relationship do Lucanus and Ludmilla have?
(a) They are siblings.
(b) They hate each other, actually.
(c) They are lovers.
(d) Ludmilla is studying medicine under Lucanas.

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

9. 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) Lucanus can go but Merlyn will stay far away.
(d) He is uneasy but agrees to do it.

10. What does Peter Ironhair do for a living?
(a) He's some kind of banker.
(b) He's a farmer.
(c) He's an ironsmith.
(d) He's a lawyer.

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

12. What astounds everyone about Merlyn and Ambrose?
(a) That the have the same birthday.
(b) That they have the exact same wounds -- but from different battles.
(c) How much they look alike.
(d) How deep their hatred is for each other.

13. What does the wild animal that interrupts the beginning of the cavalry show do first?
(a) Attack the crowds.
(b) Stand up straight and scare everyone to pieces.
(c) Eat a baby.
(d) Kill a man.

14. What important thing(s) do Donuil, Merlyn, and Athol discuss in Athol's tent.
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) That the king's daughter has been killed.
(c) Warfare and cavalry.
(d) The importance of Arthur.

15. For whom do Merlyn and Ambrose plan an elaborate funeral in Chapter 8?
(a) Arthur's wet nurse.
(b) Merlyn's aunt.
(c) Popilius.
(d) Donuil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Merlyn and his men nervous about the planned cavalry display for Athol and his men?

2. How have the people of Eire taken care of Arthur during Merlyn's absence?

3. What does Ambrose tell Merlyn his men fight like?

4. What do Connor and Merlyn talk about when the first converse together?

5. Who does Merlyn's aunt tell Merlyn would be proud of him because of his work with the Council?

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