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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agnes tell Tom when she brings him his lunch?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is leaving him.
(c) She found a weaving job.
(d) She is going to visit her sister.

2. What happens to Philip's and Waleran's relationship after Philip makes a compromise with the Hamleighs?
(a) They become close partners.
(b) They become enemies for life.
(c) They become indifferent to one another.
(d) They become close friends.

3. As Aliena plans the escape from William, what does she pack to take with her?
(a) A sword and dagger
(b) A loaf of bread
(c) A bottle of ale
(d) A pouch of silver

4. Why do three men ride behind the prisoner?
(a) They are his accusers.
(b) They recite the prisoner's crime.
(c) They mock the prisoner publicly.
(d) They try to keep order.

5. What is Agnes' condition after the birth?
(a) She is tired, but healthy.
(b) She dies shortly after the birth.
(c) She is peacefully sleeping.
(d) She is happy and glowing.

6. How do Richard and Aliena escape the castle?
(a) On foot
(b) In an oxcart
(c) Through a tunnel
(d) On war horses

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

8. How many passengers aboard the sunken ship survive?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Ten

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

10. Who comes out of the forest to help Martha when she is hit on the head by a robber?
(a) Ellen and her son, Jack
(b) Aliena
(c) Prior Philip
(d) William Hamleigh

11. Who does Philip talk to at Kingsbridge instead of the bishop?
(a) William Hamleigh
(b) Francis
(c) King Stephen
(d) Archdeacon Waleran

12. Where do Aliena and Richard discover their father is being held?
(a) In prison
(b) In the monastery
(c) In a cave
(d) In a church basement

13. Why do the townspeople find the whole situation of the hanging strange?
(a) They don't understand why the condemned man would steal something he couldn't resell.
(b) They are not used to seeing a man hanged.
(c) Hangings usually take place in private.
(d) They find it strange that no one is going to see the hanging.

14. What type of death does the prisoner experience when the oxcart is pulled away?
(a) He strangles slowly.
(b) His neck breaks and death is quick.
(c) He gasps for breath for a long time.
(d) He kicks and fights against the noose.

15. What is one of the first things Philip does in his new priory?
(a) He cuts the food portions of the monks.
(b) He puts the monks to work and provides them with more food.
(c) He stops the monks from working and tells them to pray
(d) He has all the monks go into fasting and prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young boys of the village admire the most?

2. What does Philip decide to do with the baby that Francis brought to the monastery?

3. Why are the boys terrified at the moment of the prisoner's death?

4. What is the favorite event for the young boys who gather in the marketplace?

5. How do the young maidens feel about the prisoner?

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