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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Consult with the Archbishop to figure out what to do.
(c) Kill Poldu for not stopping the Vikings from taking Merewyn.
(d) Follow the Viking ship and bring Merewyn home.

2. Who leads the Viking attacks?
(a) King Sweyn and his son Canute of Denmark.
(b) Ketil.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) Orm.

3. Who dies after a prolonged illness that causes terrible stomach pain?
(a) Ketil.
(b) Orm.
(c) Leif Erikson.
(d) Sigurd.

4. 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.

5. What does Merewyn ask the Abbess while the Bishop is at the Abby?
(a) Merewyn asks the Abbess permission to enter the nunnery.
(b) Merewyn asks if she may marry.
(c) Merewyn asks if she may leave the Abbey.
(d) Merewyn asks if she may go back to Uther.

6. How does Merewyn feel toward Elgifu?
(a) She resents her.
(b) She hates her.
(c) She feels pitty but she never really warms to the Queen.
(d) She loves her like a sister.

7. How does Orm accept the proper protocol when he meets the Abbot of Glastonbury?
(a) Orm sulks at the idea.
(b) Orm does what he is told without question.
(c) Orm complains.
(d) Orm refuses.

8. Why are Sigurd, Merewyn, and Orm disappointed when round the cape?
(a) They had lost so many on the voyage.
(b) They miss their home in Iceland.
(c) They see grassland, but no trees are in sight.
(d) They see nothing but ice.

9. What does Sigurd make Orm promise before Sigurd dies?
(a) That Orm serve Leif well.
(b) That Orm take his mother and sister back to England.
(c) That Orm marry and have children.
(d) That Orm become a great man.

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

11. Ketil rides around on his horse looking for whom at "Logberg"?
(a) Orm.
(b) Rumon.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) Brattalid.

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

13. What do Sigurd, Merewyn, Orm, and Ketil call their new home?
(a) Ketilvik.
(b) Langarfoss.
(c) Rich Port.
(d) New Tre-Uther.

14. How long does it take the ships to get to the land Erik speaks of?
(a) 6 months.
(b) Only four or five days sailing.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 1 month.

15. Where does Ketil die?
(a) At sea.
(b) In his bed, asleep.
(c) In battle with Sigurd.
(d) On his ship, where he is happiest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sigurd?

2. How quickly do Rumon and the fishermen he hired reach the mouth of the Shannon River?

3. When do Finian and Rumon first sense that something is wrong on their journey to find Merewyn?

4. What does King Ethelred do while the Vikings attack England?

5. Why is Odo friendly to Merewyn?

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