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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Merlyn's aunt react when she sees him in Chapter 4?
(a) She simply doesn't believe it, since she thought he was dead.
(b) She is very angry.
(c) She is very happy.
(d) All of these answers are correct.

6. What does Donuil suggest he and Merlyn bring as gifts to his father back in Eire?
(a) Candles.
(b) Honey.
(c) Roses.
(d) Mead.

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

8. 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 so silly.
(c) Because they are dark, frightening, and prophetic.
(d) Because they show him how rotten and cruel he is inside.

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

10. Why is Merlyn considering celibacy?
(a) So he can stop being so distracted by women.
(b) So he doesn't have to worry about a woman stealing his money.
(c) So he can focus his energy on raising Arthur.
(d) Because he could never love someone as much as he loved his wife.

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

12. What promise does Merlyn make to the dead Uther?
(a) That his son will think well of him.
(b) That Merlyn will finally feel satisfaction over his death.
(c) That his death will go unnoticed by anyone important.
(d) That he will rot in hell.

13. 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.

14. When does Merlyn tell Ambrose that Arthur could become High King?
(a) When they are both drunk, which was a mistake.
(b) When they are examining Excalibur.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) When they are deep in the woods, where no one can hear.

15. Who does Merlyn think killed Uther?
(a) Derek of Ravenglass.
(b) An unknown soldier on the battlefield.
(c) A long-lost enemy who came back for revenge.
(d) Malfoy of Slytherin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peter Ironhair do for a living?

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

3. How many days after his stabbing does Merlyn finally leave for Eire?

4. In Chapter 1, what solidifies to Merlyn that he knows his captors?

5. What does Lucius Varo do for a living?

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