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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Morgause's walk through the castle symbolic of?
(a) The rightful Queen returning home.
(b) Evil coming to Camelot.
(c) The presence of evil among beauty.
(d) A Queen finding her place.

2. Who sends Gawain to bring Mordred back to the castle to be thanked?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Sula.
(c) King Lot.
(d) Queen Morgause.

3. When attempting to visit Sula and Brude, what does Mordred witness?
(a) Sula was killed by Brude.
(b) They have died of disease.
(c) Their house has caught on fire and they are surely dead.
(d) They have left him to live somewhere else.

4. What does Mordred realize as he returns home to Sula and Brude?
(a) He misses Sula and Brude.
(b) He loves his new mother.
(c) He wishes he dressed nicely.
(d) How pitiful his home is.

5. What rumor do Brude and Sula discuss as the book begins?
(a) Merlin's death.
(b) The Queen's lies to them about Mordred's temperament.
(c) The change in Mordred's appearance.
(d) Arthur's demise.

6. After drinking and gambling for a long time, what has Gabran run out of?
(a) Money.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Jewels.
(d) Horses.

7. When Mordred decides to fight the twins for a place to sleep, what does he earn?
(a) Trouble.
(b) Their respect and resentment.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Their respect.

8. In Book II, Chapter 1, when are the boys allowed to visit their mother?
(a) February.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) March.

9. Concerning Arthur, what is Queen Morgause unsure of?
(a) Whether or not he knows about Mordred.
(b) Her powers and what Arthur knows.
(c) If he still loves her.
(d) If he has developed special powers.

10. Where is Mordred brought after he kills Gabran?
(a) To his mother.
(b) To the dungeons.
(c) To Arthur.
(d) Sent back to the islands.

11. In Chapter 14, where is Queen Morgause sent by Arthur?
(a) Back to the islands.
(b) A prison.
(c) A convent.
(d) The Camelot dungeons.

12. What does Arthur promise Mordred in Chapter 15?
(a) Mordred will be made regent.
(b) He will take care of his son.
(c) Arthur will kill Morgause.
(d) He will call him legitimate.

13. As time goes on, what does Mordred wonder about his place at the castle?
(a) If he should be at the castle at all.
(b) Whether or not Morgause will ever love him.
(c) If he will be pushed out.
(d) If he will inherit anything as the bastard son of King Lot.

14. When Mordred threatens Morgause, how does she react?
(a) She reminds him she is a powerful witch.
(b) She finds her son more appealing.
(c) She shrinks away from her son.
(d) She is more attracted to her son.

15. What surprises Queen Morgause about Mordred as he comes to court in Chapter 2?
(a) Mordred's dignified and almost royal bearing at court.
(b) Mordred's rudeness.
(c) Mordred looks a lot like her.
(d) His shyness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to the maids in Morgause's antechamber?

2. Who alerts the guards of Mordred's escape attempt?

3. What does Mordred think will happen to him?

4. Which of Morgause's actions in Chapter 9 shock Mordred?

5. What will the two men try to live with and forget?

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