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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 did the Chief Shepherd pasture His sheep?
(a) In the High Places.
(b) In the Fearling's fields.
(c) In the Valley of Humiliation.
(d) In the Valley of Peace and Contentment.

2. 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) All of the answers are correct.
(c) She leaned her trembling body against a wall.
(d) She ached with dispair.

3. What seasonal changes were taking place on the other side of the water?
(a) A springtime awakening of green and colorful flowers.
(b) Steam rose from the ground as summer heated the earth.
(c) The trees were painted with all the colors of autumn.
(d) Winter had covered the earth with pure white and the trees with ice.

4. How does Much-Afraid react to the companions the Shepherd chose for her on her journey to the High Places?
(a) She is not pleased, because they are different in many ways.
(b) She says she'd rather be with the Fearlings.
(c) She insists that the Shepherd go instead of them.
(d) She wants to give them new names.

5. What did Much-Afraid realize after hearing the flower that was growing inside the cave?
(a) That she needed the Shepherd.
(b) That she, too, was Bearing-the-Cost.
(c) That she was very tired.
(d) That she could do anything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Much-Afraid realize after Suffering asked her what she did that morning when she went off by herself and found the red flower?

3. What did Much-Afraid do at the edge of the cliff?

4. Where did Much-Afraid and the twin sisters spend the night the first night of their ascent?

5. What did Much-Afraid do to remember the altar and what she did there?

Short Essay Questions

1. As the Shepherd and Much-Afraid walk toward the High Places, how does the Shepherd compare the flowers to life's victories?

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

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

4. What did Sorrow and Suffering suggest to help Much-Afraid's injury heal so she could finish the trip up the precipice?

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

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

7. What did Much-Afraid do before she and the twin sisters continued on their journey?

8. At the foot of the great precipice when Much-Afraid finally did call the Shepherd for help, what did he do?

9. After fearing she missed her appointment with the Shepherd, what did Much-Afraid do that was so unlike her?

10. 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?

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