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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Narnians hear as they approach Anvard?
(a) The shouts of the fighting soldiers
(b) Women screaming in horror
(c) A battering ram hitting the gate
(d) The twang of long bows firing

2. Why is Bree so ashamed of himself?
(a) Because Bree had been a slave for years
(b) Because Bree couldn't finish the mission
(c) Because Bree took too long traveling
(d) Because Shasta acted more bravely

3. What is the most notable thing that Prince Corin does in the battle?
(a) He kills an enemy soldier.
(b) He captures a Tarkaan general.
(c) He seizes the Calormene flag.
(d) He saves Shasta's life.

4. How did Prince Cor get to Calormen from Archenland?
(a) He was sent by accident
(b) He was kidnapped by Lord Bar
(c) He hid away in a merchant caravan
(d) He was carried by an eagle

5. On the way to the castle, Bree
(a) Nudges Shasta in the back with his nose
(b) Suddenly bolts and runs south
(c) Rears on his hind legs and neighs
(d) Takes one final roll on the grass

6. How did Prince Cor fulfill the prophecy made at his birth?
(a) By warning King Lune about the attack
(b) By rescuing two Talking Horses from slavery
(c) By making friends with a Tarkheena
(d) By growing up in a foreign land

7. What does Shasta do after he eats breakfast with the dwarves?
(a) He falls fast asleep
(b) He starts off for Anvard
(c) He heads back to the Hermit
(d) He goes to find his horse

8. What happens when Shasta digs his heels into his horse's side?
(a) The horse neighs and refuses to move at all.
(b) The horse rears up, causing Shasta to fall off.
(c) The horse gallops and catches up to the others.
(d) It trots for a few feet and then slows down again.

9. What surprising thing does King Lune do when Corin introduces Shasta?
(a) He turns white and faints.
(b) He looks at Shasta and laughs.
(c) He hugs and kisses Shasta.
(d) He slaps Corin in the face.

10. What, according to the context of this chapter, is a punt?
(a) A tiny boat
(b) A fine horse
(c) A dark road
(d) A small dam

11. What pace does Bree suggest for their journey?
(a) Brisk trots and short walks
(b) As fast as the wind can blow
(c) Gallop for a night and a day
(d) Slow and steady, that's the trick

12. Who finally takes Shasta's news seriously?
(a) A dwarf named Duffle
(b) A falcon named Howard
(c) A couple of brown bears
(d) The Rabbit and the Hedgehog

13. How does Aslan leave?
(a) He swirls away in light and mist.
(b) Shasta looks away and he's gone.
(c) He turns around and walks away.
(d) He jumps over Shasta and runs off.

14. How does the King react to Shasta?
(a) He mistakes Shasta for Prince Corin.
(b) He is concerned for Shasta's health.
(c) He thinks that Shasta is a poacher.
(d) He is alarmed at Shasta's appearance.

15. Where, according to the Hedgehog, is High King Peter of Narnia?
(a) On the ship with his sister
(b) Visiting a foreign country
(c) At his castle, Cair Paravel
(d) Fighting giants in the North

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't Shasta walk across the desert?

2. The dwarves feed Shasta food he's never seen before. What is it?

3. What did Shasta know about traveling across the desert?

4. When did the horses finally stop for the night?

5. Who is the first animal Shasta meets in Narnia?

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