Guards! Guards! | Short Essay Answer Key

Short Essay Answer Key

1. Why does Carrot join the Night Watch?

Carrot has been told that he is a human, rather than a dwarf, and he needs to join his own kind (especially as his adoptive parents are concerned about his relationship with Minty). He has heard that joining the Night Watch will make a real man of him.

2. Where did the dwarfs find Carrot?

The dwarfs found Carrot in a clearing in a forest after the party he had been travelling with was ambushed. Carrot was the sole survivor of the attack.

3. What is known about Carrot's sword?

Carrot's sword was one of the items left behind by the bandit's who killed those who had been travelling with Carrot when he was a baby. The sword is definitely not magical, as the dwarfs had it tested for this by a witch. Apart...
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