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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who dies with the bishop?
(a) His wife.
(b) His mother.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter.

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

4. Where is Arthur told he can take refuge?
(a) Celtin.
(b) Armorica.
(c) Estuary.
(d) Wales.

5. Who kills Derfel's daughter?
(a) Arthur.
(b) Aelle.
(c) Merlin.
(d) Lancelot.

6. What is the name of Derfel's daughter who is killed?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Desire.
(c) Dian.
(d) Darla.

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

8. Which of Nimue's prisoners has she brought to the shore in a cage?
(a) Orwen.
(b) Taliesin.
(c) Emory.
(d) Merlin.

9. What do Arthur's men do to fight against the Druid spells?
(a) Say prayers.
(b) Recite counter-curses.
(c) Sing war songs.
(d) Put cotton in their ears.

10. What is Prydwen?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A boat.
(d) A city.

11. How did Taliesin say he communicated with Merlin?
(a) Through signals.
(b) By weather signs.
(c) In memories.
(d) In dreams.

12. What is required of a Saxon to die with honor?
(a) He must be conscious.
(b) He must be with a family member.
(c) He must be on his feet.
(d) He must be in battle.

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

14. What time of day do reinforcements arrive at the sea shore?
(a) Twilight.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Arthur and his men build in a sand spit at the end of the book?

2. Who is the ghost fence erected for?

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

4. How many enemy heads make up the ghost fence?

5. How many men arrive with Sagramor.

(see the answer keys)

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