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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What delays Merlyn's plans to seek justice for the attack in Chapter 21?
(a) Arthur's illness.
(b) A dream his has.
(c) Bad snow and other weather.
(d) Sheelagh's pregnancy.

2. What fills the evening Merlyn spends at Twistback's for dinner?
(a) Fine food.
(b) Fine music.
(c) All of these answers are correct.
(d) Fine wine.

3. How many men do Merlyn and his men find hanging in Chapter 26?
(a) 30.
(b) 2.
(c) 14.
(d) 3.

4. What is Twistback's relationship with his daughter, Sheelagh, like?
(a) He is very harsh on her.
(b) He dotes on her and enjoys spoiling her.
(c) He is mad he never had a son and takes it out on her.
(d) He can be very nice but also very mean to her.

5. What is Sheelagh very gifted with?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Children.
(c) The harp.
(d) Knives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to see Merlyn and his men off as they depart Eire?

2. How do Merlyn's troops feel about the attack on the leper colony?

3. What do people come to think of Arthur as he gets older?

4. What advice does Sheelagh give Donuil when the search party is unable to find the missing man?

5. What do Dergyll and Merlyn discuss as Chapter 26 comes to a close?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is particularly delightful about Arthur, as noted in Chapter 23?

2. What does Sheelagh seem to know instinctively about her relationship with Donuil?

3. What is Merlyn's opinion of Arthur's wet nurse after he tells her that Arthur will be going to Camulod?

4. What is Liam Twistback best known for?

5. Why do Merlyn's friends make him go hunting before the festivities in Chapter 21?

6. What do Merlyn and his group realize about the armed men they see early in Chapter 19, right after they land on familiar soil?

7. What misunderstanding do Dergyll and Merlyn realize has happened between them?

8. What advice does Ambrose give Merlyn in Chapter 20 when Merlyn mentions that he'd like to travel to Cambria?

9. What does Merlyn come to realize as he continues on his search for the horses after the death of Mordecai?

10. What happens that leads Merlyn to suspect something is wrong as he and his group depart Eire?

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