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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 does Gawain remember widows throwing at him in "Gawain's First Reverie"?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Clumps of earth.
(d) Manure.

2. What does Axl see in a wooden lidless box on a boat in Chapter 11?
(a) Rats.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Fish.

3. How many boys does Wistan say he trained with morning and night to become warriors in the Britons' ranks?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) About 30.
(d) 20 or more.

4. In Chapter 7, what does Beatrice's foot touch as they walk through the tunnel?
(a) Bird.
(b) Child.
(c) Bat.
(d) Dead dog.

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, where do Axl and Beatrice find shelter?
(a) Under some pines.
(b) In an old shepherd's hut.
(c) In a cave.
(d) Two rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edwin do when Axl and the others approach a portcullis in Chapter 7?

2. What does Axl sense in their bedchamber in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin remember that Wistan thought was in the moat of the tower at one time?

4. What does Wistan think the monastery used to be in Chapter 6?

5. After leaving the pond in "Gawain's Second Reverie," about how far is it to the giant's cairn?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin see when he reaches the central courtyard of the monastery?

2. In Chapter 8, what does Edwin remember seeing by a pond one day?

3. What does Gawain say about the Edwin's bite in Chapter 7?

4. Where is the young monk taking Edwin in Chapter 8?

5. In "Gawain's Second Reverie," why does Axl insist on taking the goat to the giant's cairn?

6. What did Gawain remember about the death of his old comrade, Master Buel in "Gawain's Second Reverie"?

7. In Chapter 12, what does Wistan want Edwin to promise?

8. Where did Beatrice and Axl find shelter in Chapter 13?

9. In Chapter 7, who do Axl, Beatrice, and Edwin encounter in the tunnel?

10. In Chapter 7, what is the chamber like that Axl, Beatrice, Edwin, and Gawain find at the end of the tunnel?

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