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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 do after refusing to go down the trail?
(a) She decided to take a nap.
(b) Stomped her foot and said she wouldn't go.
(c) Asked if she could see the map to make sure they were going the right way.
(d) Called the Shepherd.

2. How did the rest of her family feel when they realized Much-Afraid had gone with the Shepherd?
(a) They missed her.
(b) They were happy to be rid of her.
(c) They were jealous.
(d) They wanted to join her.

3. What does the Shepherd tell Much-Afraid she must learn on her journey?
(a) The alphabet of the High Place.
(b) The alphabet of Love and develop hinds' feet.
(c) How to leap high and swiftly.
(d) How to grow the flowers of Love.

4. Why didn't Much-Afraid want to go when Sorrow and Suffering started on a downward path?
(a) She felt it was time to take a rest.
(b) She thought they had read their map wrong and were taking the wrong trail.
(c) She was certain they had made a wrong turn and needed to go back.
(d) She wanted to continue upward into the mountains to the High Places.

5. Who tried to prevent her from making the journey to the High Places?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) The Fearling Family.
(d) Her neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid do when the Shepherd told her that she and the twins would be taking a detour through the desert?

2. What did the Shepherd ask Much-Afraid after showing her the potter working clay?

3. What did Much-Afraid find when when got to the sheepfolds?

4. How does the Shepherd compare the flowers to the human soul?

5. What does the Shepherd reply when Much-Afraid asks him to take her all the way to the High Place?

(see the answer key)

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