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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. Where does the Shepherd's Father live?
(a) In the Vally of Humiliation.
(b) In the Valley of Love.
(c) In the Village of Much-Trembling.
(d) In the Kingdom of Love.

2. What did Much-Afraid promise the Shepherd after she found him at the trysting place?
(a) That she would go with him on his next trip to the mountains.
(b) That she would go with him anywhere.
(c) That she would marry him.
(d) That she would not make him wait again.

3. What did Much-Afraid do to remember the altar and what she did there?
(a) She took a photograph.
(b) She picked up a pebble and put it in a bag she kept close to her heart.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She stared at it a long time so she would remember.

4. As she faced the precipice, what was the assault on Much-Afraid from her family?
(a) The entire family trapped and bound her.
(b) Pride and Self-Pity told her she was better off at home.
(c) Discouraging words, insisting she had been a fool to believe the Shepherd.
(d) Resentment insisted she should be angry with the Shepherd for tricking her.

5. Who does the Fearling Family hate?
(a) Mercy and Peace.
(b) Chief Shepherd.
(c) Craven Fear.
(d) Much Trembling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is The Water Song?

3. What did Much-Afraid realize about her climb to the High Places?

4. What did Mrs. Valiant do with Much-Afraid after the Fearlings left?

5. Who is Acceptance-with-Joy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid find growing in her heart?

2. What happened when Much-Afraid was trapped at the cliff on the Shores of Loneliness?

3. With whom was Much-Afraid to struggle as she walked along the Shores of Loneliness?

4. Why was Much-Afraid so insistent she was not going to call the Shepherd for help as she stood at the bottom of the precipice?

5. Where were Much-Afraid and her traveling companions to cross the body of water that they reached to get to the other side, and what did they find there?

6. The next time Much-Afraid was confronted by one of the Fearlings it was at the Old Sea Wall. What happened?

7. What deterred the Fearling family from their evil plot to prevent Much-Afraid from leaving with the Shepherd?

8. What did Much-Afraid learn was the second letter in the alphabet of Love?

9. As one begins reading, what is quickly realized about the names of the people in the story?

10. What did the men watching the sheep tell Much-Afraid when she asked about the Chief Shepherd?

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