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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just when she realized how impossible it would be to climb the mountain, what did Suffering point out?
(a) A sign showing them the way up.
(b) A buck, followed by a doe, climbing up the mountain.
(c) An eagle flying overhead.
(d) A rabbit climbing up a trail.

2. What did Sorrow tell Much-Afraid to do because her terrible fear of climbing the precipice as well as the fear of being made worse by the taunts of her family members?
(a) To throw more rocks.
(b) To stop cowering like a foot and stand up for herself.
(c) Call on the Shepherd for help.
(d) Not to listen they were only words.

3. What did Much-Afraid do when she found the Shepherd at the trysting place?
(a) She fell at his feet crying.
(b) She raced to his side.
(c) She danced with joy.
(d) She gave him a big hug.

4. What did Much-Afraid do after she spoke to the undershepherds who were watching the sheep at the sheepfolds?
(a) She moaned and pressed her hands to her heart.
(b) She leaned her trembling body against a wall.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) She ached with dispair.

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

6. What happened when the Shepherd walked by Much-Afraid's cottage expecting her to meet him?
(a) She was trapped by the Fearling Family.
(b) All the the above
(c) Coward tightly covered her mouth with his hand.
(d) Her door was bolted.

7. What was on the table beside Much-Afraid?
(a) A music box.
(b) An old song book.
(c) Her clock.
(d) A letter from the Shepherd saying, "good-bye."

8. Who rescued Much-Afraid when she finally called for help?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sisters.
(c) Mrs. Valiant, Much-Afraid's neighbor.
(d) The Shepherd.

9. What happens when Much-Afraid begins to have doubts about the journey to the High Places?
(a) Tears began to prick in her eyes.
(b) She said she would trust the Shepherd and do as He wants.
(c) All the answers are correct.
(d) The thorn pricked her heart.

10. What had the Shepherd told Much-Afraid that she now knew was true?
(a) That love and pain go together.
(b) That he couldn't wait for her.
(c) That she was too lame for the trip.
(d) That it is hard to see without a lantern.

11. After weeping about the journey and how long it was taking, what did Much-Afraid find?
(a) The vines in her heart needed to be trimmed.
(b) A little golden flower, like the one at the pyramid, growing in her heart.
(c) A red rose more beautiful than one she had ever seen, was growing in her heart.
(d) There was a glorious garden growing inside her.

12. How does the Shepherd compare the flowers to the human soul?
(a) Everyone loves to see the most beautiful.
(b) The most wonderful of all may never be seen by another person.
(c) The King of Love reveres that which stands out the most.
(d) Human's must be careful not to be crushed like the flowers.

13. What did Much-Afraid remember that gave her hope that she would find the Shepherd?
(a) That she was strong and could make the trip alone.
(b) The last verse of the song she had read.
(c) That she was a Fearling, and Fearlings never gave up.
(d) That she probably should just marry her cousin.

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

15. What changes were taking place in Much-Afraid as she walked along the Shores of Loneliness?
(a) She limped less.
(b) She walked straighter.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) She was no longer the woman she had been before she started her journey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Suffering do to help Much-Afraid after the fall on the precipice?

3. Who does the Fearling Family hate?

4. Where does Much-Afraid want to go?

5. What did Much-Afraid do to come to terms with the Shepherd's request to go through the desert?

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