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

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

3. How does Pride treat Much-Afraid after he catches up with her?
(a) He treats her with shame for the way she was treated before.
(b) He belittles her.
(c) He treats her as a simpleton.
(d) He is actually quite nice.

4. What did Much-Afraid find out when she went to the sheepfolds and asked if the Chief Shepherd was there?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They did not know who the Chief Shepherd was.
(c) That he was watching sheep on the other side of the mountain.
(d) That he was gone and had left the two undershepherds in charge.

5. What did the Fearling family decide to do about Much-Afraid leaving them?
(a) Join her.
(b) Go and get her and make her their slave.
(c) Capture her and put her in prison.
(d) Make an example of her so no one else would ever leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What lived along the Shores of Loneliness?

2. What did Much-Afraid find growing out of a tiny crevice in a rock where she and the twin sisters spent the night?

3. What was Much-Afraid thinking about her companions as they walked through the hill country?

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

5. What did the Shepherd give Much-Afraid to help her ascent of the mountainside?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Much-Afraid fear most about her family?

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

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

4. Why is the golden flower named Acceptance-with-Joy?

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

6. Why was Much-Afraid so upset when she awoke in the middle of the night following the assault of the Fearling clan?

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

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

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

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

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