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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) A dream his has.
(b) Arthur's illness.
(c) Bad snow and other weather.
(d) Sheelagh's pregnancy.

2. How does Lucanus react when he sees Merlyn and his group have returned?
(a) He is mad because the gift he was planning isn't ready yet.
(b) He is thrilled.
(c) He is both happy and sad, since now he has to share the spotlight.
(d) He thinks they are ghosts.

3. What major factor enables Merlyn, Donuil, and Athol to successfully defend themselves from the surprise attack?
(a) Their horses.
(b) Excalibur.
(c) Brute force.
(d) Merlyn's sorcery.

4. What is the situation like as Merlyn and Dergyll face each other at first in Chapter 26?
(a) Jovial.
(b) Very tense.
(c) Boring.
(d) Slow.

5. How does Sheelagh know Donuil is okay when she sees him after their long absence from each other?
(a) She had a prophetic dream.
(b) She just knew instinctively.
(c) They had prearranged signals.
(d) She didn't but she had to take the chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the arrows from that were used in the surprise attack on Camulod in Chapter 21?

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

3. Who ultimately decides that Arthur should go back to Camulod?

4. Where do Merlyn and his group stop on their way home to Camulod from Eire?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Huw tell Merlyn about Cambria in Chapter 20?

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

4. What ends up happening with Sheelagh and Donuil in Chapter 23?

5. For what reasons does Sheelagh given Merlyn such a deep kiss as she leaves to reunite with Donuil?

6. What do Merlyn and the men of Eire do to prepare themselves for the attack that they suspect is coming after one of their men disappears into the woods?

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

8. What does Sheelagh tell Merlyn about the feasts her father hosts?

9. How does Merlyn react in Chapter 19 when he hears that the leper colony has been attacked?

10. What does Sheelagh tell Merlyn as she departs to go reunite with Donuil?

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