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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Ged find a ship to sail?
(a) Havnor
(b) Terrenor
(c) Osskil
(d) Roke

2. About whom does the woman tell Ged?
(a) Ogion
(b) Lord Benderesk
(c) Master Changer
(d) Shadow

3. What does Ged buy from a local man on Gont island?
(a) A small boat
(b) Some food
(c) Medicine
(d) A sword

4. Where does Ged dock his boat next?
(a) Northern Hands
(b) Southern Hands
(c) Eastern Hands
(d) Western Hands

5. Who shows Ged the way to the court?
(a) Iran
(b) Skiorh
(c) Veeday
(d) Muttiah

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature does Skiorh lack?

2. In what country are the couple heir to a throne?

3. What does Vetch insist on doing?

4. Towards what island does Ged sail?

5. What does the paving stone at the base of the castle contain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it symbolize that Ged cannot get back to Roke?

2. Is it significant that Ged turns into a hawk?

3. How does Ged's meeting with Serret show a coming of age?

4. Why does Ged seek security at Roke and not in his hometown in Gont?

5. What do the sightings of a man looking like Ged say about the Shadow?

6. Why do you think the Shadow runs away after Ged tries to grab it?

7. How is it important to the story that Ged's mother died during his early childhood?

8. Why is it important that the reader does not know the victor of the fight until Vetch asks him?

9. What does it show that Ged respects the couple's decision to stay on the island?

10. Do you think Ged achieves everything in his life he wanted to do?

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