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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. Why are the couple on the island?
(a) They became sick of the easy life.
(b) They got shipwrecked.
(c) They were abandoned there during a coup.
(d) The love they feel for each other is frowned upon in their own country.

2. Towards what island does Ged sail?
(a) Osskil
(b) Roke
(c) Gont
(d) Terreror

3. In what country are the couple heir to a throne?
(a) Terrenor
(b) Kargud
(c) Roke
(d) Osskil

4. What is Ged reluctant to do?
(a) Go ashore
(b) Talk to villagers
(c) Look for the Shadow
(d) Change salt water into fresh water

5. Why can't Ged get to Roke?
(a) He can't find a ship that will take him
(b) A violent storm forces the ship back
(c) There is a war taking place.
(d) He has been banished

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom does Vetch live?

2. To what part of Iffish does Ged go?

3. Who shows Ged the way to the court?

4. What does Ged become near the end of his life?

5. On which island does Ged stop next?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Has Ged completed a full circle of his life?

3. Why does Pechvarry act so negatively towards Ged?

4. At what point in this chapter does Ged show his increasing maturity?

5. How does Ged know he is going in the right direction?

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

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

8. Why does LeGuin change the point of view from Ged to Ogion?

9. What is significant about the reintroduction of Vetch?

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

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