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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid do to Self-Pity when he said the word "bruising"?
(a) She kicked him.
(b) She ran away from him, then tripped him when he tried to chase her.
(c) She picked up a small rock and threw it at him.
(d) She yelled at him to go away.

2. What awakened Much-Afraid from her sleep the night after the foiled abduction?
(a) A nightmare about marrying Craven Fearling.
(b) The Shepherd asking why she never came.
(c) An agonizing pain.
(d) The voices of the Fearlings outside her window.

3. Who was Much-Afraid most afraid of?
(a) Mrs. Dismal Foreboding.
(b) Her neighbors.
(c) Family of Fearlings.
(d) Everyone.

4. What is Much-Afraid's last name?
(a) Trembling.
(b) Fearling.
(c) Of Everything.
(d) Weakling.

5. How does the Shepherd refer to the journey through the desert?
(a) The secret of fire and ice.
(b) The ring of fire.
(c) The furnace of fire.
(d) The burning coals of sand.

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

7. When Much-Afraid looked in her heart in Chapter 8, what did she see was happening to the seed the Shepherd had planted there?
(a) It was growing into a thorny bush.
(b) It had taken root and had leaves, plus a small spot she hoped was a bud.
(c) It was still there, unchanged.
(d) It was burning inside of her, causing pain.

8. How did the Shepherd leave Much-Afraid and her companions as they started their journey to the High Places?
(a) He disappeared.
(b) Running faster than they could see him along the path ahead of them.
(c) Leaping from rock to rock up the mountain.
(d) He ascended like a rocket.

9. What is The Water Song?
(a) It is a song everyone sings when they go to the well for water.
(b) It is words set to the sound of the water flowing down the hill.
(c) It is an ancient song sung for generations in the valley.
(d) It is the words they heard the water singing, so they made up music to go with it.

10. What happened when Much-Afraid felt the journey was hopeless because the Precipice of Injury was too steep to climb?
(a) Pride appeared.
(b) The Shepherd appeared.
(c) Craven Fear appeared.
(d) The eagle swooped down beside them.

11. What was named Bearing-the-Cost, that some called "Forgiveness?"
(a) A blood-red flower.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Some moss.
(d) A golden flower.

12. How did Much-Afraid feel after listening to the things Pride said about the Shepherd and her journey?
(a) She felt embarrasment that she trusted the Shepherd.
(b) She felt repulsed by Pride.
(c) She felt like his words were the truth.
(d) She felt shame for leaving the Valley.

13. Who will tell her when it is time to leave for her journey?
(a) Craven Fear.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Her sisters.
(d) The Shepherd.

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

15. 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 was certain they had made a wrong turn and needed to go back.
(c) She wanted to continue upward into the mountains to the High Places.
(d) She thought they had read their map wrong and were taking the wrong trail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the four people from home do that frightened Much-Afraid on the Shores of Loneliness?

2. Where does the Shepherd live?

3. Where did the Chief Shepherd pasture His sheep?

4. What did Much-Afraid say when the Shepherd reminded her he had promised she would have hinds' feet?

5. Feeling her resolve to make the journey to the High Places weakened by Pride's words, who did Much-Afraid call upon for help?

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