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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. As Nimue leads the men, they set fire to ____.
(a) Wood piles.
(b) Wagons.
(c) Trees.
(d) Huts.

2. When Derfel tells Bedwin about the treasures and scroll, the bishop hopes the ____ will help.
(a) Druids.
(b) Kings.
(c) Troops.
(d) Gods.

3. Derfel hopes that ____ in the Otherworld hears Gundleus' scream.
(a) Morgana.
(b) Nowerna.
(c) Moranga.
(d) Norwenna.

4. There is danger that the Blackshields will advance from Coel's ____.
(a) Mound.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Valley.
(d) Hill.

5. Derfel and Valerin, the opposing commanders, exchange ritual insults, threats, and demands for ____.
(a) Surrender.
(b) Sacrifices.
(c) Gold.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gorfyddyd keeps up his lies, Arthur is furious, but lets it go when Cuneglas announces the old man's death and his ascending the ____.

2. Merlin has collected the lost Treasures of ____.

3. Queen Igraine is elated to know that Derfel loves Ceinwyn, which explains his hatred for ____.

4. ____ meets peaceful Malldynn, who explains the isle's set-up and says someone of Nimue's description lives with the sea folk.

5. Lancelot's party reaches Dumnonia first and he begins painting himself as a hero and Derfel and Culhwch as ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you agree with Nimue being imprisoned as a witch?

2. Do you agree with Arthur's attitude towards his enemies?

3. Do you agree with Tewdric's reaction to the battle?

4. Explain what Cenwin's search for scrolls reveals.

5. Arthur feels that the war is his fault. Do you agree with that assessment? Why or why not?

6. Explain what Arthur's reaction is when Gorfyddyd is mortally wounded and whether or not you agree with that reaction.

7. Although the book seems, originally, to be about Arthur, who is the book really about and why?

8. Explain what Arthur says tot he men before the battle, how the men react and what that says about Arthur's strength of character.

9. Explain Gorfyddyd's promises about sparing everyone and about Mordred and how others react to them and what impact that could have on Arthur.

10. Explain how the end of the section where Arthur tries to get Lancelot and Galahad to make up lays the framework for Derfel's next mission.

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