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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Gerold make as he makes the journey home?
(a) That he wants to marry Joan.
(b) That he wants to have another child.
(c) That he wants to renew his marriage vows with Richild.
(d) That he wants Joan to marry the farrier's son.

2. Why does Gudrun support her husband's lie that the emissary should be looking for John, not Joan in chapter 6?
(a) Gudrun is threatened by her husband to support him.
(b) Gudrun wants Joan to remain with her and learn her Saxon ways.
(c) Gudrun wants to punish Joan for angering her husband.
(d) Gudrun no longer supports her daughter's desire to learn.

3. Who does Gerold kill on the docks in a rage?
(a) Odo.
(b) Joan
(c) A Viking.
(d) His assistant.

4. Who does Joan miss the most now that she is away from home?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

5. Why has Hrotrud, the midwife, been put on trial?
(a) Hrotrud is accused of worshipping false gods.
(b) Hrotrud is accused of infidelity.
(c) Hrotrud is accused of heresy.
(d) Hrotrud is accused of socery.

6. What causes Joan to become ill in Chapter 6?
(a) The plague.
(b) A fall in the woods.
(c) An attack by mauraders.
(d) Her father's beating.

7. Which saint does Joan admire?
(a) St. Jude.
(b) St. Agnes.
(c) St. Elizabeth.
(d) St. Catherine.

8. Why was Joan's mother considered a heathen by her father?
(a) Because she refused to attend church.
(b) Because she taught her daughter to read.
(c) Because she was unfaithful.
(d) Because she once worshipped false gods.

9. What does the Bishop thinks of Joan's arranged married?
(a) He does not want to see his star pupil leave.
(b) He believes Joan should marry someone else.
(c) He believes they should wait for Gerold's return.
(d) He believes permission should be granted by Joan's parents.

10. What is Joan warned could happen to people who ask the wrong questions?
(a) Some who ask such questions have disappeared.
(b) She could be forced into an unwanted marriage.
(c) Some who ask heretical questions have been stoned.
(d) She could be forced to prove her faith by drowning.

11. Who sees Joan in an embrace with a married man at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) The Bishop.
(b) Gerold.
(c) Odo.
(d) Richild.

12. Who comes to visit John of Anglicus at Fulda?
(a) Gottschalk.
(b) The Canon of Ingleheim.
(c) Gisla.
(d) Gerold.

13. What does Gerold find when he returns home to Villairis?
(a) The village burned to ashes.
(b) His wife is out of town.
(c) Everything is normal.
(d) The village has been attacked, but everyone is fine.

14. What does Joan think of this impending marriage?
(a) Joan wishes Gerold could walk her down the aisle.
(b) Joan is nervous about the wedding night.
(c) Joan does not want it.
(d) Joan is excited.

15. How does Joan cure a leper?
(a) The woman had a mild case.
(b) She has learned magic through her tutor.
(c) The woman had a simple skin infection, not leprosy.
(d) She has special powers bestowed on her by God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are lepers separated from the general population?

2. What does Gerold believe has happened to his daughter Gisla?

3. Who survives the attack in the woods and how?

4. What does John steal from his father in Chapter 6?

5. Who finds a passage in the law books that results in the church council overruling the abbot?

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