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UNIT 5 Pages 102-150 (ch12-15) Questions by Cally, Liam, Anna, Claire, Lukas, Lief All completed answers due on Tuesday. Choose any three questions to answer fully. Please write in complete sentences, include all relevant information and proofread and edit your work.

1. What do you know about Etienne? Why does he have to travel all the way to Spain in order to learn Arabic? Explain with lots of details and quotes from the book.

When Ettine Was younger he was being trained to go fight on a crusade. His father taught him wrestling and fighting. His mom on the other hand wanted Etinne to be a student and to have an education. One day when he was 18 Etinne as told by his father to go listen to a mass. “Go” said his father “The priest will preach a crusade” and he left. But when he got there the priest said that they should fight the Infidel with their words. So Etinne is going to learn the language of the Infidel so he can translate the bible into Arabic **. By Aidan **


 * Elenor said " Etienne gave off energy and goodwill the way a fire gives off heat." Etienne was raised by a father that wanted him to go on a crusade and fight the Infidel. Etienne's mother taught him to write, sing and read in Greek, Latin and French. Etienne is more of a student than a warrior; he would rather beat\ the Infidel with his mind rather than fighting. Elenor wondered that Etienne seemed as happy in his studies as Matthieu was in fitting a stone. Etienne is travelling to Spain to learn Arabic. -Xavier **

Etienne is a very nice and generous person with many stories to tell. He likes to talk and explain things to people when they do not understand. Etienne is a student traveling to Spain to learn Arabic. Etienne was sent on the pilgrimage with Elenor and Thomas by Adam when they were in Paris.

Etienne has to go to Spain to learn Arabic because this is the time that people are going of to the Crusade to go kill Arabs. Since people are growing a hate for Arabs people will think that you are an infidel if you try to learn the language. An infidel is a person who is considered not a Christian. In the Crusade anybody who was a Christian could kill an infidel and be rewarded by God.

Lots of people know the language but are too afraid to speak or teach it. This means that Etienne has to go to a place that is a safe place for Arabs. The nearest and most popular place around is Spain and that is why Etienne is going there.

Etienne wanted to become a student and learn Arabic so that he could translate Christian books and texts into Arabic. This would help persuade the Arabs (who were mostly Muslims at this point) to become Christians and not put up a fight against the Crusaders. Etienne did this instead of going to the Crusade and being a fighter because a bishop had told him that they should be fighting with words and not weapons. His father had trained him all his childhood to be a warrior but he thought being a student would be better for him. Being a student and learning Arabic would be his way of contributing to fight for the Holy Lands. **By Remy**

2. Describe Pipeau and tell us much about him as you can. Do you think he will have a big part in the lives of Elenor and Thomas? Give details and examples from the book to support your answer.
 * Pipeau is a small boy and has a sister. He was already in the book a lot like when the wolf took him and Thomas had to save him. Pipeau’s family is not that rich and can’t afford a horse so when he found out that Elenor had a horse he asked her if he could ride it for some of the journey. Pipeau and his family are not actually on the pilgrimage but they are traveling like they are because it is a nicer way to travel. His dad is the mayor of a Bordex and so his family and **** him are headed there. I think Pipeau will be in the book for most of it but will still be a minor character. -Grace **


 * Pipeau is a child traveling with her mother and baby brother. Pipeau is very skinny and quite anxious child because he really wanted to ride Elenor’s horse. I do not think that he will have a big impact on Elenor and Thomas’ life because he is just a little boy and they will forget about him easily given the fact that he is very impatient and skinny. Another reason why I think this is because with all the people that they will meet on the trip, they can and will easily forget Pipeau. **

3. Retell the Maiden of Peterborough ghost story that Thomas told, using your own words and explaining it clearly (p134.)

A man was riding through the forest when he spotted a lovely young lady sitting on the side of the road. He rode up to her on his galliant steed and asked her if there was anything wrong. She said that her lord had gotten angry at her and threw her off his horse. The young knight kindly offered her a ride to her house, but about halfway there she disappeared. The young knight continued to her fathers house where he told the young knight that the girl was his daughter but that she had been dead for 10 years and that every Halloween she appeared asking for a ride home. ** By Aidan **


 * Once upon a time there was a man named Peter. He was a very lonely man and didn’t have a wife or children. He was riding his horse down the dirt road on the night of all hallows eve. He kept riding thinking about the night when suddenly a woman appeared on the side of the road. She was a very pale woman and Peter couldn’t see her face very well, though from what he could see of her face she was pretty. Peter stopped on the side of the road and asked her if he could assist her in any way. All the lady said was she had to get home and if peter could give her a ride there. She told peter where she lived and they rode off. Once Peter was near the woman’s house he turned around and saw that she wasn’t there anymore. Fearing that she might have fallen off while he was riding he went back along the rode looking for her but he could see no one and not a single thing was moving. He turned around and headed to the women's house anyway to see if anyone was home. He knocked and an old man opened the door. Peter asked if the man had a daughter. Peter was surprised to hear that the old man used to have a daughter until on all hallows eve a few years ago she had been killed and she still asks anyone for a ride home every all hallows eve. -Grace **

A man is riding a horse down a lonely and empty road going to Peteborough from Thornham. As he was going down the road he noticed a girl standing on the side of the road with a cape wrapped tightly around her. He pulled over and asked her why she was there. She said that she had been on a horse with a lordling who was taking her to her father’s house when they had gotten into an argument. The lordling then kicked her off of his horse.

The nice generous man who had stopped willingly asked the girl if she wanted a ride home and she accepted. On the ride home the girl held onto the young man until they got to her house. He turned around to find no girl. He was mystified at what he saw and looked down the road wondering if she fell off but could not see her. He went to her father’s house and knocked on the door. Her father came out and explained what had happened and how she was a ghost and did this same thing every year on All Hallows’ Eve.

I think this story is a reminder to be considerate to others. I think that the ghost tries to teach the person who she gets a ride home with a lesson.
 * By Remy**


 * 3. Thomas had met a student and told him that a year ago he was riding on all hallows eve, coming from thronham to peterbrough. it was a dark and story night and he saw a girl standing along on the side of the road and she was cold so he decided to help the girl, so he asked her what he could do for there and she said that she had been traveling to her fathers house with a lord. they got into a fight and the lord left her on the side of th road. So the student took pity on her and he offered to take her home and she agreed so they were riding. when he got to her Fathers house he looked behind her and she wasn't there. he thought she fell off the horse while she was asleep. He knocked on the door to ask for help and the man said that she was his daughter and shes been dead for 10 years. her ghost comes out once a year on all hallowes eve, which is the night she died stops all the people coming on the road for a ride home.- Cam **

4. How did Elenor manage to find the book to give to Thomas. How do you think Thomas felt when Elenor gave him the book. Give reasons and details in your answer.

To find the book she tricked Thomas into thinking that her and Ettine were going to fetch the horses but they were really going to get the book for Thomas. When she went into the bookstore she asked the man working there if they had any books about the professor Bernard's theories about god and evolution. The book store worker said they had 7 books on his theories. Elenor bought the copy that didn’t have illuminated letters because it was the cheapest. She also bought that copy because she thought it would be fun to draw in the letters there. When she gave the book to Thomas he thanked her and told her that he would fill in the blank letters when he re learned how to read and write. **By Aidan**

To get the book Elenor got Etienne to help her. They went into town where they found Aimery, a student who was Etienne’s friend. Aimery told Elenor that he had gotten a few copies of the teachings of Bernard in trade. He told her that the cheapest one he had was one where the squares were not painted. Elenor thought this was a good deal considering she could always paint them in at home. She used the emergency gold that Maude had sewn into the hem of her cape to buy the book. When Elenor gave Thomas the book he liked to turn the pages and imagine the words as knights. Thomas also liked to think of the ideas held in this book and he just has to remember how to read. **By Lizzy**


 * The bookseller was a friend of Etienne's and he helped Elenor get the book at a pilgrim price. Elenor used the emergency money Maude sewed into her coat. Thomas liked that Elenor gave him a book. Thomas liked that the ideas that were in the book he could go back to and remind himself of the ideas, even though Thomas could not read. -Xavier **


 * Elenor found the book from another student that was Etienne’s friend he found Elenor the book that was not too expensive and Elenor bought it. When Thomas received the gift he was surprised that “the brat” would decide to give him a present. Elenor thought that giving the present to Thomas would be a little weird because they didn’t really like each other that much and he had never gotten a gift for her. -Grace **

After Elenor had the idea of getting Thomas a book she told Etienne. They made a plan to get Thomas a book and sneak away so he would not know. Elenor wanted the book to be on Bernard the theologian who Elenor thought was interesting.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When Elenor and Etienne made it to a book seller they started to look around. They watched as a clerk started to copy a page in a book. After they were done looking at the clerks they asked the bookseller who was a fellow student of Etienne’s. This bookseller knew about all books and where they were. They asked for a book about Bernard’s teachings and the bookseller had just that. They bought the book and walked back towards Thomas.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When Elenor came up to Thomas she shoved the book into his hands because hse was embarrassed to give him a gift.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think that Thomas was very nervous and happy when he got the gift. He was happy because this would make him learn how to read again and he liked the feel of the book. He was kind of nervous because he did not know what to do, thank her, give her a hug. He felt that he was in an awkward position. **By Remy**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. What did Eleanor mean when she wondered Etienne seemed happy of his studies as Matthieu was in fitting stone? Give details and examples from the book.
 * Elenor meant that Etienne and Matthieu are really passionate about the things that they are doing. Matthieu talks so much about the Cathedral and how he called it home and loved being around the work. Etienne ist passionate about his studies, he is very interested in learning more about the Infidels, their language and the way they think.-Xavier **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Give a detailed summary of the story on page 144 called The Loathsome Lady. What do you think about what Elenor says women want?


 * There was a knight who captured this woman and she escaped so she went to the king to ask that the knight be punished. He was brought forth to the court and he was tried. The people agreed that he did an awful thing and should be put to death. The queen, who couldn't bear to see this handsome a man beheaded so she said that he could live if he took the whole next year to figure out what women wanted most. So the knight set out into the world asking the same question. He had gone a full year with nothing but he came across an old women and she told him the answer on one condition. the condition was that he had to give her what she wanted. He rode to the court and stated the answer. The answer was that women wanted Severity and wishes to direct her own will. **
 * The queen and the other women in the court agreed that this was the right answer and his life was saved. The old woman spoke up and said that she gave him the answer and pronounced her wish to the knight. She wanted to marry the knight. The knight didn't want to but kept his promise and they married.-Cam **