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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Edmund ask Duncan to hold down Madelyne?
(a) When it is time for Madelyne's stitches to be removed.
(b) When she does not uncover her leg for his examination.
(c) After Madelyne punches him in the eye.
(d) When Edmund is afraid he startles Madelyne awake.

2. What is Madelyne doing while she tells tales to Adela?
(a) Cleaning and rearranging furnishings in Adela's bedroom.
(b) Cleaning and rearranging furnishings in Duncan's bedroom.
(c) Throwing dirty water out of the window.
(d) Lugging a tunk up the stairs.

3. What request does Madelyne make of Duncan on behalf of Adela?
(a) Allow Adela to live with Duncan as long as she wishes as an unmarried woman.
(b) Allow Adela to retire to the country to recover in peace.
(c) Ask Gerald if he still marries Adela.
(d) Send Adela to a convent to live.

4. Adela strikes someone by accident. Who?
(a) Madelyne.
(b) Duncan.
(c) Willie.
(d) Maude.

5. What surprises Madelyne about the room she stays in while she is sick and recovering?
(a) It is decorated in Duncan's colors.
(b) The room used to belong to Adela.
(c) The door to the room is not locked.
(d) The room used to belong to Duncan.

6. What color eyes does the warrior have?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

7. What is hurled during family dinners in the hall?
(a) Bones and bread.
(b) Tankers and scraps.
(c) Bones and obscenities.
(d) Nothing.

8. Who is prettier than Louddon's sisters, Clarissa and Sara?
(a) Madelyne.
(b) Louddon himself.
(c) Lady Eleanor.
(d) The queen.

9. After the battle, when all of Loudon's soldiers are vanquished, what does Madelyne ask of Duncan?
(a) Madelyne asks Duncan to put out the fire.
(b) Madelyne asks Duncan to release the horses.
(c) Madelyne asks Duncan to let her show him the secret passage.
(d) Madelyne asks Duncan to kill her.

10. Despite her injury, whose life does Madelyne save during the battle?
(a) Gilard's.
(b) Louddon's.
(c) The squire's.
(d) Duncan's.

11. In Chapter 12, where does Duncan command Madelyne to go with him?
(a) To the lake.
(b) To the stables.
(c) To the tower.
(d) To the hall.

12. What animal does Madelyne feed outside the walls of the fortress?
(a) Deer.
(b) Wild boar or pig.
(c) Wild dog or wolf.
(d) Mountain lion.

13. Why does Madelyne name Duncan's horse Silenus?
(a) The horse is strong and silent.
(b) Silenus is the name of a god that is wild and untaimed.
(c) Silenus means "stand still for me" in Latin.
(d) The horse is silvery-white in color.

14. Who wants to save Madelyne but is refused?
(a) Simon, the elderly servant.
(b) Duncan.
(c) The yellow-haired squire.
(d) Giliad.

15. Where does Duncan expect Madelyne to be at the start of the battle?
(a) On horseback, tied to a tree.
(b) At the camp, acting as a sentry.
(c) Galloping to Duncan's castle for safety.
(d) On horseback, heading up Duncan's men with him and Gilard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Madelyne resemble?

2. What does Adela threaten to do when she sees Madelyne?

3. In Chapter Four, Madelyne infuriates Gilard when she refuses to stop doing what when they are by the stream?

4. What is in the chapel that Madelyne wants to retrieve?

5. What does Madelyne do after learning about Lady Eleanor?

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