WorksheetsInquisitor's Tale Chapter 24-26
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who is Etienne d'Arles?
The king's father
The narrator
The monk at Mont-Saint-Michel
Does the narrator believe the children are real saints?
Yes
No
Who do the children run into on their way to Mont-Saint-Michel?
Old Theresa
Marmeluc
Rabbi Yehuda
The night before the king's knights arrive, Jeanne has another fit and a vision. What did she see in her vision?
She sees that the dragon they healed will come and save them from the knights
She sees that the king will pardon the children for stealing the books
She sees that Michelangelo is alive and is at Mont-Saint-Michel
What happens to the knights the king sends to chase after the children as they cross the water to Mont-Saint-Michel?
They don't follow the causeway so they are all swallowed up by the mud and sand
They catch the kids and take them back to Paris for a trial
They refuse to obey the king because they believe the children are saints
Who stubbornly charges into the water, almost drowns, and is then saved by the children?
King Louis
Blanche of Castille
Joinville
The narrator at last decides whether he will help the children by saving them from the muddy sands, or if he will let them become martyrs to he can have glory by turning in their bones. What does he decide?
He decides he does not want to live in a world unless the children are also living, so he jumps into the muddy water to help save them
He decides he does not care if they die so long as he can witness their death
He cowardly runs away from them because he's scared of the king persecuting him for his involvement with the children
Are the children (with the help of Marmeluc, Etienne, and Clotho) able to save Blanche of Castille from drowning?
No, she dies
Yes, they are able to pull her out of the sands
When Blanche of Castille is returned to the shore where the king and Joinville are, what does the king do?
He kneels to the children and asks them to bless him
He thanks them but takes the Talmuds away from them
He weeps and has a tantrum and then jumps into the water himself
When Joinville reminds the king that the kids are taking the Talmuds to Mont-Saint-Michel so they can be copied, what does the king say?
"Right on."
"I'll pretend I did not hear that."
"That cannot be--please hand over the books, for the love of God."
