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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. How does Ged help the villagers?
(a) He provides them with healthier air
(b) He helps them with their personal needs
(c) He provides them with cleaner water
(d) He provides them them with larger boats

2. In what direction do Ged and Vetch travel?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) South
(d) West

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

4. With whom does Vetch live?
(a) His mother
(b) His girlfriend
(c) His sister
(d) His wife

5. Why does Ged want to go to Roke?
(a) He wants a job at the school
(b) He wants to see his friends
(c) It is the only place he feels safe
(d) He needs to get some spells

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pechvarry so unhappy with his friend?

2. Why does Ged have to stop chasing the shadow?

3. On what island is the Orrimy?

4. What do Ged and Vetch teach the islanders on Atowell?

5. What does Ged find out about the shadow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ged's reaction to the town's celebration show a change in his character?

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

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

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

6. Why do you think chasing the shadow takes away some of its power?

7. How is the couple's refusal to leave the island comparative to Ged's need to move on?

8. Why is it significant Ged goes back to see his original teacher?

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

10. What is significant about the reintroduction of Vetch?

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