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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the master builder of Salisbury Cathedral hire Tom?
(a) He feels Tom is not qualified.
(b) He is jealous of Tom.
(c) He has too many masons already.
(d) He doesn't like the looks of Tom.

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

3. Why does Philip go to see the Bishop of Kingsbridge after talking to his brother, Francis?
(a) He goes to ask the Bishop to find a home for the baby.
(b) He goes to tell the Bishop about the planned rebellion against King Stephen by Maud's followers.
(c) He goes to ask the Bishop to transfer Peter of Wareham to another monastery.
(d) He goes to ask the Bishop's help with a new cathedral.

4. How does Philip plan to speed up the work on the cathedral repairs?
(a) He raises the mason's daily wage.
(b) Anyone who works on the cathedral will receive a full pardon for all their sins as well as food and drink.
(c) He has the masons work overtime.
(d) He brings in more masons from the city.

5. Who teaches Aliena about the wool business?
(a) Ellen
(b) Meg, a wool merchant's wife
(c) Prior Philip
(d) Francis

6. What impresses Tom about Ellen's son, Jack?
(a) He offers the guests food before taking any for himself.
(b) He is able to hunt ducks with a stone and a sling.
(c) He has impeccable social graces.
(d) He gives Tom's family his portion of food

7. What does Aliena buy to start up her wool business?
(a) Two ewes and one ram
(b) A flock of sheep
(c) Three sheep and a sheep dog
(d) A cart, fleeces, and an old horse

8. Where do Aliena and Richard find the money their father had left them?
(a) With a friend in Salisbury
(b) With a priest who has spent some of it
(c) With a peasant family
(d) With the monks in a monastery

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

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

11. Who are the three men that ride behind the oxcart that carries the prisoner?
(a) The king, the queen, and the priest
(b) A monk, the king, and an earl
(c) A knight, a priest, and a monk
(d) An earl, a prior, and a knight

12. What horrifies Philip when he first sees Kingsbridge?
(a) Ruin and disrepair
(b) Cruelty and torture
(c) The collapsed cathedral
(d) Poverty

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

14. What color eyes does the person have that the prisoner stares at in the crowd?
(a) Green as the grass
(b) Gray and dull
(c) Golden and luminous
(d) Blue like the sea

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of people live in the homes of the town square?

2. What is Agnes' condition after the birth?

3. What type of cathedral does Tom design for Prior Philip?

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

5. What is Tom Builder's one passion in life?

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