The Saxon Shore Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Saxon Shore Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ambrose?
(a) Merlyn's stepbrother.
(b) Merlyn's uncle.
(c) Merlyn's son.
(d) Merlyn's cousin.

2. What item from the animal in Chapter 11 does Dedalus keep?
(a) A piece of tail.
(b) A patch of fur.
(c) The beast's spiraled tusks.
(d) A footprint in the mud that later dried.

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

4. What does Lucanus tell Merlyn he should fear about the lepers?
(a) The curses they put on people.
(b) Touching them.
(c) Getting any blood on them.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who wants to join Donuil and Merlyn on their trip to Eire?
(a) Merlyn's aunt.
(b) Ironhair.
(c) Lucanus.
(d) Arthur.

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

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

8. What does Merlyn dream about the night after he visits the leper colony?
(a) That he sees his own leprous image in a mirror.
(b) That Arthur will get leprosy one day.
(c) That his wife comes back but now has leprosy.
(d) That someone burns down the leper colony.

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

10. What kind of life does Lucanus live?
(a) A life of indulgence and gluttony.
(b) A celibate life.
(c) A life of silence.
(d) A life of poverty.

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

12. What town does Merlyn consider home?
(a) Canchester.
(b) Cummingsburg.
(c) Camulod.
(d) Cambridge.

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

14. How do Athol's friends view his leprosy?
(a) With disgust.
(b) With silent horror.
(c) With understanding and compassion.
(d) This is a trick question; Athol doesn't have leprosy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prevents the men from traveling around Eire as they had hoped?

2. When Ironhair and Merlyn have a confrontation in Chapter 6, who wins?

3. Where does Ambrose tell Merlyn he plans to stay in Chapter 6?

4. Which two people in Eire does Merlyn have an instant aversion to?

5. When was "The Saxon Shore" originally published?

(see the answer keys)

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