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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Grand Vizier?
(a) The Tisroc's most trusted advisor
(b) Second in line to the throne
(c) A general in the Tisroc's army
(d) A very rich merchant

2. How does Aravis get to Lasaraleen's house unseen?
(a) She is carried inside a litter with the curtains closed.
(b) She waits until nightfall, then sneaks in the back.
(c) Lasaraleen has her get into a large wicker basket.
(d) She leads the horses to the stables, dressed as a slave.

3. What is the signal for the gates to open?
(a) Horns are blown right after the sun rises
(b) A messenger arrives with word from the Tisroc
(c) Twenty guards appear at the gates
(d) A flag is raised from the Tisroc's palace

4. Which is the only traffic regulation in Tashbaan?
(a) Get out of the way of people who are more important than you are.
(b) Watch out for where you are stepping and keep your feet clean.
(c) Tolls must be paid to get in and out of the city gates.
(d) Horses and carts have to move to the left side of the road.

5. What causes the horses to gallop side-by-side?
(a) Their riders steer them together.
(b) They recognize each other as friends.
(c) They are both being chased by a lion.
(d) The road becomes narrower and narrower.

6. Why didn't Bree want to talk about the Calormen wars?
(a) Because he had run away from one of the battles
(b) Because he was wounded in one of them
(c) Because he fought as a dumb beast in them
(d) Because he didn't like fighting at all

7. What does Shasta do when he is told to leave?
(a) He goes to sleep in the barn.
(b) He listens in at the window.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He goes for a swim.

8. Why does King Edmund scold Shasta?
(a) For smelling like he's slept in a stable
(b) For fighting with others in the street
(c) For ruining his clothes and shoes
(d) For keeping silent and hanging his head

9. What does Shasta find so surprising about Bree?
(a) He has five legs
(b) He can talk
(c) He has never been ridden
(d) He doesn't like oats

10. Why did Hwin start talking?
(a) She wanted Aravis's help to run away.
(b) In order to keep Aravis from killing herself.
(c) She tried to stick up for Aravis to her father.
(d) She was curious about Aravis's brother.

11. What do the boys realize about each other?
(a) That they hate each other.
(b) They should stay together.
(c) That they are friends.
(d) That they are related.

12. What does Bree tell Shasta never to touch?
(a) The gold in the Tarkaan's bag
(b) The reins to his bridle
(c) Bree's tail
(d) The cinch on the saddle

13. How does Lasaraleen react to the Tisroc's presence?
(a) She is ashamed of Aravis.
(b) She runs up to him immediately.
(c) She is frightened.
(d) She is pleased to see him.

14. Who attends the council along with the Tisroc and Prince Rabadash?
(a) Aravis's father
(b) The Grand Vizier
(c) The Tisroc's wife
(d) The Tisroc's General

15. What did Shasta find in the saddlebags?
(a) Food and money
(b) An important letter
(c) A piece of jewelry
(d) A pair of spurs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Tumnus?

2. What happens to Shasta in the city?

3. What is the most likely meaning for the phrase "the sun appeared dark in her eyes?"

4. What didn't Shasta learn about riding from Bree

5. Why do the wild animals run away?

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