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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Marcus and Esca drop off their horses upon arriving home in Calleva?

2. What is the name of the place that Marcus and Esca are given housing in the village in Chapter 16?

3. What false name does Marcus give to the guards at the North Gate in Chapter 11?

4. What more than anything else is said to bring a woman the envy of her neighbors in Chapter 13?

5. What color is the harebell that Marcus observes in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Legate of the Ninth Legion, according to Guern?

2. How is Guern's appearance described when he is introduced?

3. How does Guern greet Marcus and Esca in Chapter 18?

4. Where do Esca and Marcus hide the Eagle in Chapter 16? Why?

5. How is Hadrian's Wall described? Where is it located?

6. How do Marcus and Esca gain entrance to the gate of Borcovicus?

7. What ruse does Esca suggest in Chapter 16? How does Marcus respond?

8. What did Guern do after abandoning the Ninth Legion?

9. Why does Marcus create an altar in Chapter 11?

10. How does Guern help Marcus and Esca in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the Chieftan Dergdian and his village. Where is the village located? What are the people of this village called? How does Marcus help the Chieftan and his people?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the strategy that Marcus and Esca use in securing and escaping with the Eagle from the North. From whom do they take the Eagle? How do they manage to deflect suspicion? What ultimately leads to their being hunted down?

Essay Topic 3

What superstition and fear is related regarding the Ninth Legion? What happened to the Ninth Legion? How does Marcus discover this information? What does this information mean to Marcus?

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