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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, At the Gates of Tashbaan.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Tarkaan?
(a) A large city or state
(b) A flowing silk coat
(c) The Calormene title for Lord
(d) A tent

2. What is the most likely meaning for the phrase "the sun appeared dark in her eyes?"
(a) She wanted to go inside.
(b) She was unhappy.
(c) She was very tired.
(d) She was going blind.

3. How much does Arsheesh ask for Shasta?
(a) Fifteen crescents
(b) Fifty crescents
(c) Twenty-five crescents
(d) Seventy crescents

4. Who is Ahoshta Tarkaan?
(a) An elderly man whom Aravis is supposed to marry
(b) The brother who was killed in the wars
(c) Aravis's stepmother, who dislikes her intensely
(d) A handmaiden in Aravis's house

5. What is Bree's assessment of Shasta as a rider?
(a) He says Shasta is a natural horseman.
(b) He asks Shasta to stop gripping so hard with his knees.
(c) He says Shasta is almost as good as the Tarkaan.
(d) He compares Shasta to a potato sack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bree tell Shasta never to touch?

2. What did Shasta find in the saddlebags?

3. What does Shasta find so surprising about Bree?

4. Aravis sent a letter to her father. Who supposedly wrote it?

5. Where did Aravis get the armor she was wearing?

(see the answer key)

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