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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many men show up to work on the cathedral?
(a) 25
(b) 100
(c) 500
(d) 1000
2. Where do Tom and his family go for shelter from the freezing weather?
(a) Ellen and Jack invite them into their cave.
(b) To the church
(c) To the earl's castle
(d) To the monastery
3. What is the reaction of the young boys toward the prisoner?
(a) They think he is a demon.
(b) They are afraid of him.
(c) They laugh hysterically at him until they fall down.
(d) They think he is strong and brave.
4. To where does Abbot Peter transfer Prior Philip?
(a) Shiring
(b) St-John-of-the-Forest
(c) St. Michael's
(d) Salisbury
5. Why is Jack happy about living in Kingsbridge despite Alfred's abuse?
(a) He never liked the forest.
(b) He enjoys the excitement of the town.
(c) He gets to see Aliena.
(d) He gets to work on the cathedral.
6. Why does Lord William Hamleigh dismiss Tom and his stonemasons?
(a) William's engagement is broken off.
(b) William decides to live in his father's castle.
(c) William finds a cheaper builder.
(d) William decides to move to a different town.
7. What is the historical significance of the ship that flounders off Balfour?
(a) King Stephen's heir perishes.
(b) Queen Maud's son is aboard.
(c) King Henry's wife dies in the wreck.
(d) King Henry's only heir perishes in the wreck.
8. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?
(a) They find it strange that no one is going to see the hanging.
(b) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.
(c) Hangings usually take place in private.
(d) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.
9. Who catches the thief red-handed with the stolen silver chalice?
(a) A parishioner
(b) A deacon
(c) A priest
(d) A man-at-arms
10. Who does Philip find hiding in Earl Bartholomew's castle?
(a) Martha and Alfred
(b) Ellen and Jack
(c) William Hamleigh
(d) Aliena, Richard, and their manservant, Matthew
11. Why doesn't the master builder of Salisbury Cathedral hire Tom?
(a) He has too many masons already.
(b) He feels Tom is not qualified.
(c) He doesn't like the looks of Tom.
(d) He is jealous of Tom.
12. What impresses Prior Philip about Tom's plans for the cathedral?
(a) His detailed calculations of cost, time, and labor
(b) His intricate, costly designs
(c) Tom will work for room and board.
(d) The cheap cost for materials he would use
13. What does Philip decide to do with the baby that Francis brought to the monastery?
(a) He leaves the baby at a convent.
(b) He gives the baby to a peasant family.
(c) He decides to keep the baby and raise it in the monastery.
(d) He gives the baby to an orphanage.
14. Who does the prisoner look at while he stands on the gallows?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) A girl of about 15 years of age
(d) A young boy
15. Who does William Hamleigh almost run down with his powerful war horse?
(a) Tom
(b) Martha
(c) Aliena
(d) Agnes
Short Answer Questions
1. Who comes out of the forest to help Martha when she is hit on the head by a robber?
2. What horrifies Philip when he first sees Kingsbridge?
3. Who is the master quarryman that Tom hires?
4. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?
5. What do the accusers do as the young man hangs from the noose?
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