| A | B |
|---|
| The novel begins in | June |
| The novel begins in what year? | 1294 |
| What is Adam's last name? | Quartermayne |
| Adam's father | Roger |
| Adam learned this language at St. Alban's | Latin |
| Adam played this instrument | harp |
| How long was Adam at St. Alban's? | 5 months |
| Roger could play the | viol |
| Roger could chant | long romances in French about King Alisaunder, or Charlemagne and his knights, or the Briitsh King Arthur and his search for the Holy Grail. |
| Adam is how old at the beginning of the book? | 11 |
| How had Adam helped Roger? | carried his viol and sang with him on his travels |
| How long had Adam traveled with Roger? | from the time he was 8 until he was 11 |
| Describe Adam. | tousleheaded and snub-nosed, wide-mouthed and square-jawed, gray eyes honest and twinkling, sang well, knew many stories, boasted about Roger, humble about himself |
| What comforted Adam? | his harp, his friend Perkin, and his dog Nick |
| Describe Perkin | thin, tall dark-haired boy with a high nose and an intense, brooding look in his brown eyes, a year older than Adam |
| Where did Perkin want to go to school? | Oxford |
| What did Perkin want to study? | law |
| Perkin's father was a | plowman in Ewelme |
| Who helped Perkin? | the parish priest |
| Describe Nick | a red spaniel with long silky ears and a tail that never stopped wagging so long as he was with Adam |
| Who keeps Nick? | Dame Malkin |
| Describe Dame Malkin | a short, round-faced woman with merry blue eyes and red cheeks |
| Roger had to go to minstrel school | in France |
| Roger had been to a knight-dubbing | near Colchester |
| Who is Roger's knight? | Sir Edmund |
| Who is Roger's horse? | Bayard |
| Perkin's father | Wat |
| Who is the brother/sister that Adam meets? | Hugh and Margery de Lisle |
| What does Adam call Hugh? | Sir Honeycomb |
| Who had constructed the road? | the Romans |
| How is the road a holy thing? | (see the last page of chapter 4) |
| Who lets Adam ride in the carriage for a while? | Lady Richenda |
| Describe Lady Richenda and her carriage | (pages 56-57). |
| Who was Sir Orfeo? | a king of England |
| What instrument did Sir Orfeo play? | harp |
| How does Margery insult Adam? | (pages 60-61) |
| Describe Lady Emilie. | (page62) |
| When Adam gets to London, why is he sad? | Perkin isn't with him. |
| lanneret | the kind of falcon that a squire was permitted to own |
| gerfalcon | the bird for a king |
| merlin | the bird for a lady |
| goshawk | the bird for a yeoman |
| the squire Adam liked best/his hero | Simon Talbot |
| Emilie was intended to marry whom? | Sir Gervase |
| How did Roger lose Bayard? | gambling |
| Roger lost Bayard to whom? | Jankin |
| Minstrels would stay/entertain at these establishments. | inns |
| pilgrims | people who travel |
| What happened to Bayard in Jankins' care? | He was lamed. |
| Who took Nick? | Jankin |
| Describe Adam's efforts to retrieve Nick. | ("Adam Swims the Wey") |
| Who took care of Adam along the way? | John and Jill Ferryman |
| What happened to Adam in the King's forest? | (chapter 13)` |
| What was stolen from Adam? | his harp |
| took Adam to Winchester | Daun William |
| At the fair, where will the minstrels be? | Giles Hill |
| How does Adam hurt his head? | ("The Fall of Adam") |
| What type of play did Adam see? | miracle play |
| Adam later travels with | Jack and Alison de Vesey and Lawrence and Andrew |
| How were the long evenings good for minstrels? | "("Hue and Cry") |
| What type of people were the de Veseys? | ("Hue and Cry") |
| What happened in Guildforth? | ("Hue and Cry") |
| Where are Sir Edmund and Roger? | London |
| How does Adam help Jankin? | ("What Have You Done With Him?") |
| Where does Adam leave to go to find Perkin? | Oxford |
| Candlemas Day | February 2 |
| Cecilia | the first girl born in the blacksmith's family for 99 year |
| Who helped Adam on the way to Oxford? | ("Adam's Song") |
| Where was Perkin actually? | Ewelme |
| Why is Perkin with his dad? | ("Adam Helps A Plowman") |
| What is the sign that spring is really here? | a cuckoo |
| What profession does Adam claim? | minstrel |
