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

2. Who else did the Shepherd say had come the way of the desert by the pyramids?
(a) Issac and Jacob.
(b) Abraham and Moses.
(c) Abraham and Joseph.
(d) Joseph and Joshua.

3. While at the foot of the precipice, what did Suffering finally do to get Much-Afraid to call the Shepherd?
(a) She sat down and cried with her.
(b) She shook her until she saw reason.
(c) She called for him herself.
(d) She pricked her with a sharp knife.

4. How did Much-Afraid and her companions cross the place in the path that had completely broken away?
(a) They swung from ropes.
(b) A plank had been laid across the open area.
(c) They jumped.
(d) Someone built a stone bridge.

5. 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) Call on the Shepherd for help.
(b) Not to listen they were only words.
(c) To stop cowering like a foot and stand up for herself.
(d) To throw more rocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid and her companions find on the other side of the causeway?

2. What did Much-Afraid do when she found the Shepherd at the trysting place?

3. Who rescued Much-Afraid when she finally called for help?

4. Why didn't Much-Afraid want to go when Sorrow and Suffering started on a downward path?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Much-Afraid's biggest mistake when Pride caught up with her the first time on the trail?

2. What unexpected and unpleasant surprise did Much-Afraid find when she and her companions got to the Great Precipice and realized they had to climb it to get to the High Places?

3. 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?

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. Why is Much-Afraid so unwilling to have the twins, Sorrow and Suffering, as her companions on the journey to the High Places?

6. What was the Shepherd's promise just before he left Much-Afraid, Sorrow, and Suffering to begin their journey?

7. What did Much-Afraid do when she heard she had missed the Shepherd?

8. What is the Shepherd's message in the metaphors about the threshing and the pottery?

9. What type of disfigurements did Much-Afraid have?

10. How did Much-Afraid deal with the frightening picture Craven Fear had created about going up the steep precipice?

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