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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arthur ask Derfel to do with his sword when he is wounded?
(a) Throw it into the sea.
(b) Give it to his son.
(c) Melt it down.
(d) Keep it for himself.

2. How many enemy heads make up the ghost fence?
(a) 24.
(b) 48.
(c) 36.
(d) 12.

3. Who is the ghost fence erected for?
(a) Merlin.
(b) Derfel.
(c) Nimue.
(d) Mordred.

4. What else is required of a Saxon to die in honor?
(a) He must be holding a sword.
(b) He must have children.
(c) He must be saying a Viking prayer.
(d) He must be sober.

5. What is on Arthur's sail?
(a) A bear.
(b) A fox.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cougar.

6. What does Derfel do before killing Aelle?
(a) Takes his sword.
(b) Slaps him.
(c) Shakes his hand.
(d) Embraces him.

7. What does Derfel use to kill Aelle?
(a) A sword.
(b) A spear.
(c) A club.
(d) An arrow.

8. Who is the King of the place where Arthur takes refuge?
(a) Budric.
(b) Burdic.
(c) Buric.
(d) Budic.

9. What color do Gwent's men wear to the last battle?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

10. Who has been casting spells on Ceinwyn?
(a) Olwen.
(b) Arwen.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Nimue.

11. Who are hired to get the women and children to safety when the reinforcements arrive?
(a) Fishermen.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Couriers.

12. Who gives Lancelot his sword?
(a) His father.
(b) Guinevere.
(c) His mother.
(d) Arthur.

13. Who does Argante marry after Arthur returns to Guinevere?
(a) Mordred.
(b) Derfel.
(c) Cerdic.
(d) Lancelot.

14. What do Arthur's men throw at the reinforcements on the shore at the end of the book?
(a) Molten steel.
(b) Burning logs.
(c) Boiling water buckets.
(d) Corpses.

15. What does Arthur NOT do when he is attacked at the sea shore?
(a) Leaves his children.
(b) Communicates with Derfel.
(c) Worries about his own safety.
(d) Takes prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes most of the boats to overturn?

2. What color is Excalibur?

3. What does one man tell Arthur before he is killed at the shore?

4. What does the shrouded woman who tries to save Ceinwyn call herself?

5. Who does Arthur want to be king after Mordred dies?

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