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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What traveling altar does Uther travel with?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) An alter of Mithras.
(d) An alter of Myrddin.

2. What disguise does Merlin take on while traveling with Arthur for the first time?
(a) A musician.
(b) An eye doctor.
(c) A healer.
(d) A wealthy noble.

3. Where does Merlin tell the spies that Arthur lives?
(a) The Enchanted Forest.
(b) Summer Hill.
(c) The Black River.
(d) Summer Isle.

4. What is the name of the pagan God of Air to which the common people still do obeisance?
(a) Myrddin.
(b) Myrddin Emry.
(c) Bryn.
(d) Galapas.

5. What does Coll mean?
(a) The Secret Place.
(b) Undiscovered Lands.
(c) The Hidden Place.
(d) The Hidden Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession does Merlin assume when they are waiting at the inn to go to the castle?

2. Where does Merlin intend to take Arthur?

3. What does Merlin injure when he falls from his horse on a sunny day?

4. What family does Arthur belong to?

5. When was a path last cleared through the woods that Merlin and his troops travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Merlin spend so much time traveling all over Europe? Where does he go? How long is he gone?

2. What story does Merlin tell the young goat herd who is caring for him after he injures his hand? Why does he tell him the story?

3. Merlin meets Morgause, Uther's illegitimate daughter, after developing a medicine for the ailing Uther. What are Merlin's impressions of Morgause? Does the author give any indication that there is more to Morgause than is being revealed?

4. How does Merlin come to know the Old Ones in the forest?

5. Why does the hermit at the Chapel of the Green feel comfortable telling Merlin about the story of Macsen's sword?

6. Four men come to visit Merlin at Bryn Myrddin, claiming they are sent by King Uther. Merlin knows that this is not true. How does he know?

7. Merlin asks the messenger to give him all the information he has on the world outside of Merlin's cave. He tells him about the war and the invading Saxons. What significance does this play to the story?

8. What does Uther reveal to Merlin about his injury? How does this effect his concern for Arthur?

9. What parts of Arthur's upbringing do Merlin and Uther agree on? What parts do they not agree on? What is Merlin's solution to the problem?

10. What saves Merlin and company while they are traveling through the Perilous Forest? How? Does the author lead the reader to believe that this is an ordinary occurrence?

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