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

2. Arthur solemnly vows to kill ____ to avenge Ratae.
(a) Aelle.
(b) Lunete.
(c) Nimue.
(d) Guinevere.

3. Nimue asks Derfel to give her ____ alive.
(a) Gundleus.
(b) Galahad.
(c) Mordred.
(d) Arthur.

4. Remembering his mother's cries, Derfel cuts ____ down.
(a) Tanaburs.
(b) A tree.
(c) Galahad.
(d) A bush.

5. ____ is Nimue's accuser.
(a) Galahad.
(b) Derfel.
(c) Sansum.
(d) Merlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nimue is labeled a ____.

2. The wedding gift is to be ____'s head.

3. Before they leave Caer Sws, Gorfyddyd suggest that he will spare everyone if Arthur ____.

4. When Merlin leaves, Iorweth accompanies Galahad and Derfel to the feast, but makes them eat in Queen ____'s hall rather than among the warriors.

5. Gundleus is going to marry whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how Arthur feels in this section of the book.

2. Define the relationship between Derfel and Tanaburs and how that relationship is resolved at the end of the book.

3. Explain what Queen Igraine thinks of Derfel's love for Ceinwyn and why Derfel takes offense to her opinion.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Explain why Arthur feels dirty during the confrontation with Aelle. Do you agree with Arthur's actions during that confrontation?

10. Who is Malldynn and what lesson can be learned from Derfel's encounter with Malldynn.

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