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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: 1135-1136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?
(a) The prisoner's dead eyes stare at them.
(b) The person the prisoner was staring at drops to the ground, uttering a curse.
(c) Their fathers come to take them home.
(d) Their mothers chase them with switches.

2. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?
(a) To design the king's castle
(b) To be a master builder of a cathedral
(c) To be a master builder of a castle
(d) To be an architect

3. What is the name of the ship that sinks after setting sail from England in 1120?
(a) The Balfour
(b) The Queen Elizabeth
(c) The Queen Maud
(d) The White Ship

4. What are the values of the boys who gather in the marketplace?
(a) They believe in goodness and kind deeds.
(b) They scorn beauty and despise goodness.
(c) They believe in God and holy works.
(d) They respect their elders and parents.

5. What do the young men in the marketplace think is lucky for a condemned man?
(a) To hang slowly in the hope of being rescued
(b) To break his neck, resulting in a quick death
(c) To be forgiven by a priest
(d) To have a friend shoot him with an arrow before he hangs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the three men that ride behind the oxcart that carries the prisoner?

2. Who does Philip talk to at Kingsbridge instead of the bishop?

3. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?

4. What reaction do the old women have toward the prisoner?

5. Who comes out of the forest to help Martha when she is hit on the head by a robber?

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