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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 does the Shepherd say Much-Afraid will be able to do when she is at the Highest Place?
(a) She will be able to ride the water like a water-slide.
(b) Have a haven and never have to leave the Highest Place.
(c) Go up and down the mountian swiftly to pour out self-giving.
(d) She will be able to pour her good will on others using the water to get it there.

2. When Much-Afraid called out to the Shepherd, what did He do to the four attackers?
(a) He threw them all down into the water.
(b) He captured them and sent them back to the valley.
(c) He threw Pride down into the water and the other three ran away.
(d) He imprisoned them in the pyramids.

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

4. After weeping about the journey and how long it was taking, what did Much-Afraid find?
(a) A little golden flower, like the one at the pyramid, growing in her heart.
(b) A red rose more beautiful than one she had ever seen, was growing in her heart.
(c) There was a glorious garden growing inside her.
(d) The vines in her heart needed to be trimmed.

5. What did Much-Afraid and her companions find as they drew closer to the mountainside?
(a) It was a steep impassable precipice.
(b) There were several paths, but no sign of which one to take.
(c) The mountain was the tallest they had ever seen.
(d) They were going to need mountain climbing equipment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What verse was Much-Afraid shouting from the causeway?

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

5. In Chapter 8, when the path once again took a disappointing turn away from the mountain, who showed up to taunt Much-Afraid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Much-Afraid so excited at the end of Chapter 8?

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

3. How did the Shepherd compare the flow of a stream downward to what people on the High Places of Love can do?

4. Where was the Shepherd going to take Much-Afraid to get away from her family and start a new life?

5. How does the name "Much-Afraid" fit the main character's persona?

6. What was the Shepherd's advice before he left Much-Afraid at the Shore of Loneliness?

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

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

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

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

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