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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Detour Through the Desert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid find out when she went to the sheepfolds and asked if the Chief Shepherd was there?
(a) That he was gone and had left the two undershepherds in charge.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They did not know who the Chief Shepherd was.
(d) That he was watching sheep on the other side of the mountain.

2. Who is Pride?
(a) A homely man with little else to do.
(b) The member of the family sent to bring Much-Afraid back.
(c) An enemy of the Fearling family.
(d) A friend of the Shepherd.

3. Who does Much-Afraid's cottage belong to?
(a) The Shepherd.
(b) Mrs. Valiant.
(c) Lord Fearling.
(d) Craven Fearling.

4. What does the Shepherd say about bread corn?
(a) It tastes good when it is baked into corn bread.
(b) That although it is bruised, no one threshes it for ever.
(c) It is only good to feed animals until it is threshed.
(d) It is the most difficult grain to thresh.

5. What did Much-Afraid realize about her climb to the High Places?
(a) She had to ride a donkey to get up the hills.
(b) It was steeper than she anticipated.
(c) She wanted to return home because it was too hard.
(d) It was a bumpy road.

Short Answer Questions

1. What awakened Much-Afraid from her sleep the night after the foiled abduction?

2. Although Much-Afraid agrees to go with the two strange women the Shepherd has chosen for her traveling companions, what won't she do?

3. Who else did the Shepherd say had come the way of the desert by the pyramids?

4. How did Much-Afraid feel after listening to the things Pride said about the Shepherd and her journey?

5. What did the Fearling family decide to do about Much-Afraid leaving them?

(see the answer key)

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