2. What does Rumon tell Merewyn when they sit down at twilight?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He wants her.
(c) He must go.
(d) He wants to marry her.

3. Why is Merewyn excited after she and her party walk over the Medip Mountains?
(a) She is exicted to tell her children about the area in which she grew up.
(b) She is excited to be home.
(c) She is excited to be at Glastonbury and to find Rumon.
(d) She is excited to finally be over the mountains.

4. Why does Queen Elgifu need constant nursing?
(a) She delivers a still born baby, and afterward simply deteriorates.
(b) She has a deadly illness.
(c) She was hurt in a riding accident.
(d) She was attacked in the last Viking attack.

5. Where does Merewyn take her aunt's heart after her aunt dies?
(a) To the crypt in the Abbey.
(b) To Uther.
(c) To the King.
(d) To the grave of King Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does King Sweyn leave behind in England?

2. What does Ketil call Merewyn?

3. What does Rumon offer to do for Merewyn when he meets her at the place where she has taken her aunt's heart?

4. What does Ketil think of Erik's news?

5. Who dies after a prolonged illness that causes terrible stomach pain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Merewyn tell the porter at Glastonbury Abbey that got her in to see the Abbot?

2. What did Merewyn see on her trip to the Allthing?

3. How did Bishop Ethelwold reply to Merewyn when she asked him where she should go upon her return from her journey to bury the Abbess' heart at St. Petroc's?

4. When Brother Finian told Rumon that he smelled smoke as they came to the broad estuary of the Camel River in their search for Merewyn, how did Rumon respond to Finian?

5. What did Merewyn see as the differences between Greenland and Iceland?

6. What was the grand commotion that happened in Greenland in June of 1000?

7. How was Merewyn dressed as she followed her men on the way to the Allthing?

8. What happened to England as Ethelred cowered in his palace at Winchester?

9. How had Bishop Ethelwold done his duty by Merewyn for her trip to St. Petroc's?

10. How does Merewyn describe Thorbjorg, the seeress from Brattalid?

(see the answer keys)

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