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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20: "Valedictory".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has Uncle Aquila invited Marcus to spend his leave with him in Chapter 1?
(a) Calleva.
(b) Clusium.
(c) Isca.
(d) Durinum.

2. Esca tells Marcus that he told the man who bought their horses that they were sired from whose stables?
(a) Perseus's.
(b) Queen Cartimandua's.
(c) Centurion Clodius Maximus's.
(d) Claudius Hieronimianus's.

3. What does Marcus call his wolf cub that he adopts?
(a) Narcissa.
(b) Cub.
(c) Herpinius.
(d) Wolf.

4. From what tribe has Cottia and her family descended?
(a) The Atrebate tribe.
(b) The Catuvellauni tribe.
(c) The Iceni tribe.
(d) The Belgae tribe.

5. In describing the fight against the Red Crests in Chapter 15, the Chieftan's grandfather says that his tribe brought the enemy to bay in the bog country north of what place?
(a) The Green Pasture.
(b) The Red Mountain.
(c) The Catuvellauni.
(d) The Three Hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Latin word "testudo" refer to?

2. Why does Marcus say he and Esca need a place far from the village huts in Chapter 16?

3. What is the name of Cottia's nurse?

4. What does Marcus offer in a bet to Cradoc in Chapter 2?

5. Who does Centurion Quintus Hilarion warn Marcus about in Chapter 1?

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