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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. Is Madelyne pleased by Duncan's reaction to being followed?
(a) Yes. Madelyne is glad Duncan intends to kill Louddon so she is free.
(b) No. Madelyne wants to flee and Duncan intends to fight.
(c) No. Madelyne is confused because Duncan just laughs.
(d) Yes. Madelyne is glad that the fighting finally commenses.

2. Who comes to take Madelyne downstairs for her first meal after her fever?
(a) Duncan.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Gilard.
(d) Edmond.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Madelyne take in the garments and why?

2. What is Madelyne doing in her peaceful dream about her childhood when she is eleven years old?

3. Madelyne tells Adela a tale about the men and women from what city?

4. What method releases the ropes that bind Madelyne?

5. Why is it unusual that Edmond agrees with Gilard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Madelyne refuse to let Simon save her?

2. When Duncan and his men stop for the night for the first time after leaving the castle, what actions do they take to set up camp?

3. What information does Madelyne get from her conversation with Adela in Chapter 10?

4. How is the squire with the bright yellow hair described?

5. What kinds of things does Madelyne do during the enforced isolation during her recovery?

6. What is Duncan's reaction to Madelyne's actions to rescue and warm him?

7. In Chapter One, how does the author support the idea that Duncan is a warrior before all else?

8. How does a new found friendship with Madelyne transform Adela?

9. What does Madelyne expect happens at the battle between Duncan's men and Louddon's men?

10. Why does Madelyne do in Chapter 12 that causes Duncan's temper to flare enough to bellow?

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