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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. Who has been captured by the Romans, the man who is the husband of Mairi?
(a) Cynric.
(b) Pertro.
(c) Rhodri.
(d) Ardanos.

2. What does Eilan's grandfather do to her when she is insolent with him after learning of the proposal refusal?
(a) Slaps her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Laughs at her.
(d) Sends her away.

3. What does Ardanos want to do with Eilan once he finds out about her pregnancy?
(a) Put her to death.
(b) Banish her.
(c) Make her marry Gaius.
(d) Make her high priestess.

4. Caillean, along with Lhiannon, try to recall ________ to avenge the deaths and the destruction.
(a) The Goddess.
(b) Morgaine.
(c) Cynric.
(d) Ardanos.

5. Who tells Mairi that her husband has died, waiting until the right time?
(a) Caillean.
(b) Lhiannon.
(c) Dieda.
(d) Eilan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people are attacking the women and the Druids in the dream at the start of the book?

2. The Druids want the priestesses to be celibate as this will protect the _________ of the Forest House.

3. The tower of _________ was a place where priestesses were raped by invading Romans.

4. Who does Eilan have go with her to a meeting with Cynric, for her own protection?

5. What is another name for the Goddess who is revealed to a girl in the pool of water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the dream that Caillean has when the story first opens, of events that happened in the past?

2. How do Gaius and Eilan come to be able to see each other again, even after so much time has passed?

3. What does Marcellius know might happen as a result of his sending a request for Eilan's hand in marriage?

4. What is the dangerous event that occurs at the Beltane festival, as witnessed by Gaius?

5. What does Cynric tell Gaius about Eilan when they meet again in the beginning of Chapter 13?

6. What is the significance of the name 'Gawen' when Gaius decides to use it to cover up his real identity?

7. What are the three visions that Eilan has when she is looking in the pool during her initiation?

8. What are the duties that Gaius' father Marcellius has to do during a typical day?

9. What is the premonition that Caillean has when she is holding the baby after she is born?

10. What will Caillean be talking to her priestesses about on the first day in the story, according to the book?

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