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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. In Chapter 1, when was Beatrice's candle taken from her?
(a) 7 days ago.
(b) A few Sundays ago.
(c) A few Saturdays ago.
(d) 6 days. ago.

2. In Chapter 3, how many houses can be seen looking down on the Saxons' village?
(a) 18.
(b) About 50.
(c) 35.
(d) 40 or more.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Axl smell when they are in the Saxon village?
(a) Garlic.
(b) Excrement.
(c) Petrefying meat.
(d) Onion.

4. In Chapter 2, what do Axl and Beatrice walk through after leaving a ruined villa?
(a) Ferns and nettles.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Grasses and puddles.
(d) Heather and gorse.

5. Under what type of tree is a knight seated that Axl, Beatrice, Wistan, and Edwin meet on the road in a clearing in Chapter 5?
(a) Rowan.
(b) Ash.
(c) Birch.
(d) Oak.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does Axl think in Chapter 1 that a woman was in the village who was a healer?

2. Why does a boatman come to a ruined villa in Chapter 2?

3. What is the name of the boy rescued from monsters in Chapter 3?

4. How far is it to Axl and Beatrice's son's village?

5. What type of trees line a sunken lane from Roman days in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edwin think that Wistan wants to stay off the main mountain road as they travel?

2. How is the land described in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 4, what does Edwin remember about being a prisoner of the ogres?

4. Who does Axl remember in Chapter 1 that no one else seems to remember?

5. What do Axl and Beatrice have to attend to before they can go on their journey in Chapter 2?

6. What mission do Gawain and Wistan share?

7. What are some areas of Britain like in the time when Axl and Beatrice live in Chapter 1?

8. Why does the boatman say that he is at the villa in Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 4, who is old Steffa, and what did he tell Edwin?

10. In Chapter 2, what difficulties are there in traveling in open country?

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