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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who jumps off the boat to stay with Derfel as the boat with Arthur sails away?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Guinevere.
(c) Ceinwyn.
(d) Gwydre.

2. What do Arthur and his men build in a sand spit at the end of the book?
(a) A catapult.
(b) A funeral pyre.
(c) A fortress.
(d) A ferry.

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

4. What color is Nimue dressed in at the last battle?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

5. What religion does Tewdric follow?
(a) Druidism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Anglicanism.

6. Who binds Arthur's wound at the end of the book?
(a) Bors.
(b) Galahad.
(c) Guinevere.
(d) Merlin.

7. How many spearmen embark to protect the treasury and royal family at the end of the book?
(a) 196.
(b) 163.
(c) 185.
(d) 174.

8. What does Aelle refuse to do when he is wounded?
(a) Admit defeat.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Leave his son's side.
(d) Retreat.

9. Who announces the new king after Mordred dies?
(a) Gwyndre.
(b) Merlin.
(c) Arthur.
(d) Derfel.

10. What does Sagramor and his men promise to do until Arthur leaves?
(a) Guard him.
(b) Rest.
(c) Stay on the lookout.
(d) Heal him.

11. How does Arthur plan to be with Guinevere again?
(a) He will annul his marriage to Argante.
(b) He will have Argante arrested.
(c) He will banish Argante.
(d) He will hire a man to sleep with Argante.

12. What is the river that Derfel finds Caddwg on?
(a) Ese.
(b) Exe.
(c) Efe.
(d) Ete.

13. Why will Mordred's throne be available to claim if he dies?
(a) He has no children.
(b) His marriage is not official.
(c) He will have died in defeat.
(d) He wrote that in his will.

14. What is Aelle's title?
(a) Angelle.
(b) Bretwalda.
(c) Anglican.
(d) King.

15. What does Arthur say when he hears Lancelot has died?
(a) At last.
(b) Let it be.
(c) Good.
(d) So be it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Derfel try to cure Ceinwyn when she falls ill?

2. What else is required of a Saxon to die in honor?

3. What is done to Derfel to humiliate him by his captors?

4. What causes most of the boats to overturn?

5. What season does Mordred take an army to Armorica?

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