Brother Cadfael: The Hermit of Eyton Forest

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1. The Abbot was concerned that if he let Richard go to his father's funeral alone, Dame Dionesia would keep the boy at the manor. Other then Brother Cadfael, whom did the Abbot send with Richard to the funeral? Brother Anselm and Brother Paul Brother Robert and Brother Edmund Brother Jerome and Brother Paul Brother Porter and Brother Urien

2. Dame Dionesia was determined to get her grandson, Richard, away from the Abbot. When the Abbot refused to let Richard leave with the steward sent by his grandmother, what gift did Dame Dionesia send to try and convince Richard to stay with her? A pony A ring A set of fine clothes A toy

3. Dame Dionesia wanted to get Richard home so she could force him to marry a girl of her choosing. This girl was the daughter of Dame Dionesia's neighbours and she didn't want to marry Richard either. What was the girl's name? Hyacinth Godith Helisende Hiltrude

4. Eilmund the forester, who cares for the abbey's lands, came to the abbey complaining of practical jokes being played on him, including blocking the drainage ditch and allowing deer to get into the coppice of young trees. One of these tricks went too far and Eilmund was injured. How was Eilmund injured? He slipped and fell into the ditch He fell out of a tree A stampede of deer crushed him A tree slipped and fell on him

5. Shrewsbury Abbey has sheltered many guests in its time but not all were travellers just passing through town. Drogo Bosiet was one who came to Shrewsbury with a purpose in mind. Why did Drogo Bosiet come to Shrewsbury? He came to bury his son He came to make his final confession He came to see his daughter married He was hunting a runaway villein

6. Some of the characters in this story use an alias to hide their true identity. One of these characters is the hermit's companion. What was this companion's original name? Hyacinth Rafe Cuthred Brand

7. Young Richard Ludel, now Lord of Eaton, was kidnapped while on his way home to the Abbey. His grandmother, Dame Dionesia, wanted him to marry a neighbour's daughter. Richard didn't want to marry her but in the end he submitted because he believed the marriage unbinding. Why did Richard believe he was not married? He was too young He was forced into it The hermit was not a priest He didn't say "I do"

8. In this story Brother Cadfael again leaves his herbarium to try to solve a murder or two. The first murder victim set out to find his missing villein and was next seen lying face down in Eyton forest with a stab wound in his back. Who murdered Drogo Bosiet? Cuthred Eilmund Hyacinth Rafe de Genville

9. Here is another question about a character using an alias. What was the hermit's original name? Brian FitzCount Cuthred Renaud Bourchier Rafe de Genville

10. When the Abbot, Hugh Beringar, and Brother Cadfael went to visit the hermit to solve the problem of whether or not Richard was legitimately married, they discovered that a second murder had occurred. Who killed the hermit? Aymer Bosiet Rafe de Genville Brian FitzCount Renaud Bourchier