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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What landmark did Shasta use to guide them through the desert?
(a) A saddleback mountain
(b) A tall, jagged butte
(c) A double mountain peak
(d) The plume from a volcano

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

3. Who carries Shasta's message to Cair Paravel?
(a) Duffle the Dwarf
(b) Cleareye the Eagle
(c) Marvin the Magpie
(d) Chervy the Stag

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

5. What did Shasta know about traveling across the desert?
(a) That it would take three whole days to cross the desert
(b) That they could avoid Prince Rabadash by traveling west
(c) That there's an oasis they can stop at, halfway across
(d) That the best route goes northwest, rather than north

6. Shasta has trouble riding his horse because:
(a) He doesn't know how to use the reins.
(b) He's more used to talking horses.
(c) The horse is still half-wild.
(d) The horse is much taller than Bree.

7. What is the most notable thing that Shasta does in the battle?
(a) He wounds an enemy soldier.
(b) He cuts off someone's head.
(c) He is wounded by a spear.
(d) He falls off his horse.

8. When did the horses finally stop for the night?
(a) When Shasta told them to
(b) When they found a small shed
(c) After Hwin collapsed
(d) When they reached a pool

9. What does Aslan do when Shasta kneels?
(a) He nudges Shasta with his huge head.
(b) He lies down in front of Shasta.
(c) He places his paw on Shasta's shoulder.
(d) He touches his tongue to Shasta's forehead.

10. Who is Thornbut?
(a) The centaur who leads the archers
(b) A faun who advises King Edmund
(c) One of Duffle's cousins
(d) A dwarf who fights with Prince Corin

11. How does Aravis react to Bree?
(a) She tells Bree that he's being silly.
(b) She reminds him that he is a great warhorse.
(c) She says she was just as bad as he was.
(d) She offers to go back to Calormen with him.

12. What causes the horses to run faster?
(a) Shasta tells Bree to hurry up.
(b) They see the towers of Anvard ahead.
(c) They reach a level grassy plain.
(d) They hear a lion roaring behind them.

13. 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

14. What does Queen Lucy say about Prince Corin and Shasta?
(a) That they are as alike as twins
(b) That they will make twice as much mischief
(c) That they should wait here with the dwarves
(d) That she's surprised they get along so well

15. What does Shasta hear behind him when he reaches the crossroads?
(a) The horns of King Lune's party
(b) The sound of a wild animal
(c) Someone breathing very loudly
(d) Prince Rabadash's army

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men does the Prince propose taking to Narnia?

2. What does Hwin say to Aslan?

3. Why are the eagles circling overhead?

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

5. What does Shasta see when he looks back towards Tashbaan?

(see the answer keys)

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