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  The Song of the Sparrow    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is all about the book "Song of the Sparrow" by Lisa Ann Sandell. The book is written completely in lyrical form. It's a really great read!
Average, 10 Qns, kel_of_il, Jul 24 12
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  Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a book about Elaine, a fictional character grafted into an Arthurian legend.
Average, 10 Qns, collies_4_me, Jul 24 12
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Lisa Ann Sandell Trivia Questions
1. What Arthurian character is the book centered on?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Elaine of Ascolat

Although all of these characters play significant parts in the story, the book is told through the eyes of Elaine, or the Lady of Shalott. Most stories make Elaine a damsel in distress, who dies of her unrequited love for Lancelot. Personally, I prefer this book's ending.

2. When did Elaine believe she began to love Lancelot?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: when he saved her from the river

Elaine had a flashback and told about how, when a mean boy from the camp threw rocks at her, she fell into a river and Lancelot saved her.

3. Who is Elaine in love with at the beginning of the book?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Lancelot

Elaine first believes she is in love with Lancelot. Tirry is her brother, so that is obviously incorrect. She was never in love with Arthur.

4. What gift did Tristan give Elaine before the army left for war?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: a necklace

Tristan made a necklace for Elaine and gave it to her before the army left for battle. He kissed her after the battle.

5. What member of Elaine's family is dead?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Her mother

Her mother was killed by invading Picts. Elaine's father and eldest brother are still alive, and she never had a younger sister.

6. How did Aurelius, the former dux bellorum of Britain, die?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Poisoned

Aurelius was poisoned by the Saxons. Arthur assumed the position of dux bellorum after, to much unhappiness for some.

7. When did Gwenivere consent to learning about herbs?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: when she and Elaine were captured and Elaine was fainting

After Gwenivere and Elaine were captured by the Saxons, and wounded Elaine was fainting, Gwenivere panicked but followed Elaine's instructions on how to stop the bleeding.

8. Who is Gwynivere's father, the man whom Lancelot was sent to retrieve?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Lodengrance

Lodengrance was one of the men who went away after the death of Aurelius. Barnard is Elaine's father. Gawain is one of the soldiers at camp, and Aurelius is, of course, the dead dux bellorum.

9. How did Elaine travel to Arthur's army camp after she acted as a decoy so that Gwenivere could escape?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: by an unmanned boat

After the last battle with the Saxons, Arthur, Tristan, and others from Arthur's army saw an unmanned boat and discovered Elaine, near death, inside.

10. Why did Tristan fight so fiercely in the last battle with the Saxons?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: He fought for Elaine.

After the battle, Lancelot commented to Elaine that Tristan fought very fiercely. Later, when Tristan told Elaine about it, he said that he saw her face everywhere, and knew that he fought for her.

11. Who followed Elaine when she went after the soldiers?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Gwynivere

Gwynivere did not let Elaine know she was following until the Saxons captured them. She fought to save Elaine. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

12. What does Elaine call the feeling in her stomach when she's nervous?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: "her sparrow"

Elaine often says something like "my sparrow dives and flutters," when she's nervous.

13. How did Gwynivere save her and Elaine's lives when they were being captured by Saxons?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: She told them that she was Arthur's wife

Gwynivere told them that she was Arthur's wife, which was true. She said that Arthur would pay to get them back. She also claimed that Elaine was Arthur's sister.

14. How did Elaine carry her food and provisions when she followed the army?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: She sewed together a sack.

Elaine made a makeshift sack out of a piece of cloth before she left to follow the army.

15. Why was Elaine in the army camp in the first place?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: Her mother had died, so she went with her father and brothers to the army.

Elaine's mother and home were destroyed in a fire when she was very young, so she went with her father and brothers when they went to the army.

16. In the Author's note, Lisa Ann Sandell talks of the history of Arthurian legends. In which centuries does she say that Arthur would have lived?

From Quiz The Song of the Sparrow

Answer: Fifth or sixth century A,D,

The book says that he most likely would have lived in the late 5th or early 6th century, if indeed he lived at all. I always thought it would have been in the twelfth century, but it turns out that's just when "Le Morte d'Arthur" by Sir Thomas Mallory was written.

17. What did Lancelot do to help Elaine when her brother went off for army training?

From Quiz Lisa Ann Sandell's "Song of the Sparrow"

Answer: He played with her and kept her company.

When Elaine's brother was headed off for training to be a soldier, Elaine cried. Lancelot comforted her by telling her that he would keep her company, and playing with her while he was gone.

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