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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Abbot suggest to Merewyn regarding her question?
(a) She doesn't deserve to know where Rumon is.
(b) She talk to Brother Finian who lives in one of the cells halfway up the Tor.
(c) She go elsewhere for the information.
(d) She leave the Abbey at once.

2. Three days after speaking with the Abbot of Glastonbury, where do Merewyn and her children arrive?
(a) At the place where Tre-Uther used to be.
(b) At Rumon's doorstep.
(c) At Romsey Abbey in Hampshire.
(d) At Court.

3. Who is Thorbjorg?
(a) Ketil's new young wife.
(b) A seeress from Brattalid.
(c) Orm's girlfriend.
(d) Leif Erikson's wife.

4. What does Sigurd think about Christianity?
(a) He doesn't understand it.
(b) He is forbidden to convert.
(c) He wants to be baptized.
(d) It turns men into weak women.

5. After Thorbjorg tells Sigurd and Merewyn about Ketil, what does Thorbjorg say about Merewyn ?
(a) Merewyn will marry the stranger from England in the years ahead.
(b) Merewyn will have several more children but only 1 will survive to adulthood.
(c) Merewyn will die in the upcoming epidemic.
(d) Thorbjorg sees big changes for Merewyn and Merewyn will not die in Greenland.

6. What does Erik the Red have for his son?
(a) Treasure.
(b) A dog.
(c) A great feast.
(d) A wife.

7. What is Rumon doing at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) He and Merewyn are being married.
(b) He is telling his grandchildren the story of how he found Merewyn, their grandmother.
(c) He and Brother Finian continue their journey to find Merewyn.
(d) He is working in the garden, having given up hope of ever finding Merewyn.

8. What does Bishop Ethelwold do when he returns to the Abbey in October?
(a) He celebrates a special mass of thanks.
(b) He chastises the Abbess for making herself sick.
(c) He hears final vows from Elfled and four others.
(d) He expels two nuns for their lack of courage.

9. What did Rumon decide to do once he heard the news that Merewyn was taken by the Vikings?
(a) Go back to the Abbey, broken-hearted.
(b) Follow the Viking ship and bring Merewyn home.
(c) Kill Poldu for not stopping the Vikings from taking Merewyn.
(d) Consult with the Archbishop to figure out what to do.

10. Who's hand in marriage does King Ethelred ask for?
(a) Thora's.
(b) The oldest daughter of the Duke of Somerset.
(c) Merewyn's.
(d) Emma, the Duke of Normandy's sister.

11. Who is found dead after Rumon and Finian see that Tre-Uther is burned?
(a) Dunstan and another bishop.
(b) Merewyn and her servants.
(c) Alfrida and Ethelred.
(d) Caw and Godo.

12. What does Odo purchase from Merewyn?
(a) Food she had brought for the journey.
(b) The Bylgja and a Narwhal horn.
(c) Wool from Merewyn's sheep in Greenland.
(d) A Viking helmet and shield.

13. Where do Ketil and his group arrive when Rumon has been gone a fortnight?
(a) Greenland.
(b) Brattalid.
(c) Reykjavik.
(d) Thingvellir.

14. Where does Merewyn and her family live?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In Western Iceland, near the Bogarfjord.
(c) In the capital of Iceland.
(d) In England.

15. What is held every year on the eastern plain of Reykjavik?
(a) The sacrifice to Thor.
(b) The Althing.
(c) The national sheep shearing contest.
(d) The Carnival.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Merewyn react to what Rumon tells her when they sit down at twilight?

2. What does the Abbot think Merewyn and her group want?

3. What do Sigurd, Merewyn, Orm, and Ketil call their new home?

4. Who do Rumon and Finian find at the church?

5. When does Merewyn become an official lady-in-waiting to Queen Elgifu?

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