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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. What does Ged do the next day after the villagers suggest he leaves?
(a) He goes for a walk
(b) He leaves
(c) He hides in the mountains
(d) He casts a spell over the village

2. What was Ged's Shadow's name?
(a) Ogion
(b) Yarrow
(c) His mother's name
(d) His own name

3. What is the final island Ged and Vetch visit?
(a) Gont
(b) Atowell
(c) Iceland
(d) Roke

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

5. What do Ged and Vetch head into after Atowell?
(a) A cave
(b) Unchartered waters
(c) Darkness
(d) A storm

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman's name?

2. In what direction do Ged and Vetch travel?

3. What does Ogion advise Ged to do?

4. What does Ged feel from the stone?

5. What does Vetch insist on doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Is Ged romantically interested in Yarrow?

4. What does Ged learn from his confrontation with Skiorh?

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

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

7. What do you think Otak's death symbolizes?

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

9. Why do you think Ged is initially reluctant to allow his friend to come with him?

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

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