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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. Where does the old man say Ged can find out more about the Shadow?
(a) The wizard school on Osskil
(b) The Court of Terrenor
(c) Nowhere
(d) Roke

2. What does Ged call his new boat?
(a) Spellbound
(b) Perception
(c) Lookfar
(d) Beyond

3. On which island does Ged stop next?
(a) Roke
(b) Jiffy
(c) Valentine
(d) Iffish

4. What is the woman's name?
(a) Rose
(b) Denise.
(c) Gullivere
(d) Serrett

5. What is Vetch worried about when he finds Ged?
(a) That they do not know the way back home.
(b) That the Ged he has found is actually the shadow
(c) That Ged is going to die
(d) That Ged cannot talk

Short Answer Questions

1. What tells Ged he is heading in the right direction?

2. Towards what island does Ged sail?

3. Which port does the ship sail into on the way to Havnor?

4. On whose arm does Ged land?

5. What is Ged reluctant to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Ged decides magic is not everything?

2. What does it say about Vetch and Ged's friendship that Ged is drawn to the village even before he meets his friend?

3. What does Vetch's comment that he was there in beginning so he should be there in the end, mean in context of the story?

4. Is Ged romantically interested in Yarrow?

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

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

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

8. In what way does Ged show he is still not mature enough to defeat the Shadow?

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

10. What is significant about the reintroduction of Vetch?

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