2. Why do Rumon and Merewyn suspect that Merewyn's mother is dead?
(a) Because they check her pulse.
(b) Because they see no smoke rising from the chimney.
(c) Because she is not breathing.
(d) Because they find her with a knife stuck in her chest.

3. Who did King Edgar marry instead?
(a) Ordgara.
(b) Alfrida.
(c) Arles.
(d) Eneda, the daughter of another Earl.

4. How does Rumon differentiate the Prior from the other monks?
(a) Ruman can't tell the Prior from the other monks.
(b) The Prior is the fattest.
(c) The Prior introduces himself immediately.
(d) The Prior is the one in deepest prayer.

5. Whom does the King summon shortly after Dunstan's and Rumon's discussion?
(a) Dunstan.
(b) Edgive.
(c) Rumon.
(d) Dunstan and Rumon.

6. How does Edward die?
(a) Cild and Wulfgar jump Edward and beat him.
(b) Ethelred stabs Edward in the heart.
(c) Alfrida poisons him.
(d) His foot is entangled in his horse's stirrup and he is dragged, face down, over the rocks.

7. What does Merewyn receive from Rumon in Chapter 7?
(a) A deed to land in France.
(b) A castle.
(c) A marriage proposal.
(d) A letter.

8. What do those whom the King has summoned find when they arrive at Court?
(a) That the King is getting married.
(b) That the King is dying.
(c) That the King has had just had a male heir.
(d) That the castle was being attacked by Vikings.

9. What news does Gunnar bear?
(a) That he is leaving for Norway.
(b) That Alfrida is dying.
(c) That he is to be married.
(d) That 7 shiploads of Vikings are on their way for plunder.

10. What happened to Breaca's family during the Viking attack?
(a) They were kidnapped by the Vikings.
(b) They were saved by the monks.
(c) Most were slaughtered.
(d) Their crops were ruined.

11. Where does Rumon take the Queen after the King's death?
(a) To his room.
(b) To the royal garden.
(c) Back to her bower.
(d) To the chapel to pray.

12. Who does the Prior think Rumon is when the Prior first meets him?
(a) His illigitimate son.
(b) His youngest brother.
(c) A spy.
(d) A generous benefactor.

13. Who presents Rumon to the King?
(a) Queen Edgive.
(b) Archbishop Dunstan.
(c) Queen Alfrida.
(d) Merewyn.

14. Why doesn't Rumon drink his draught?
(a) It was the wrong drink.
(b) He did drink it.
(c) It has a musty tang.
(d) He decided he wasn't thirsty.

15. What did Athelwald tell the King about Earl Ordgar's daughter?
(a) The girl was the most beautiful and most gracious he had ever encountered.
(b) She was already married and with child.
(c) She refused to see him.
(d) The girl was skinny, pock marked, ill mannered and altogether unsuitable for a King.