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

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

3. What happens to Aravis after Shasta disappears?
(a) She is accused of horse stealing.
(b) She is recognized by one of her friends.
(c) She is arrested by the guards.
(d) She is grabbed by her father's secretary.

4. What does King Edmund ask Queen Susan?
(a) Why she wanted to come to Calormen so badly.
(b) Whether or not she wants to marry Prince Rabadash.
(c) How she managed to lose Prince Corin.
(d) Whether she is ready to go back to Narnia.

5. Why does Aravis have to wait until the next night to leave the city?
(a) Because Lasaraleen is going to a banquet tonight
(b) Because she doesn't have anything to wear yet
(c) Because her father isn't leaving until tomorrow
(d) Because the horses need to rest for a night

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Shasta tell the Narnians who he is?

2. What causes the horses to gallop side-by-side?

3. What is a Tarkaan?

4. What does Bree ask Aravis to do once they have stopped to rest?

5. What does Shasta imagine the Narnians are thinking about him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shasta do when Bree and Hwin show up?

2. Why is Aravis sad when she enters the gates of Tashbaan?

3. What do the guards notice about the companions when they are passing into the city?

4. Why doesn't Queen Susan want to marry Prince Rabadash any longer?

5. What is Shasta tempted to do after he is left alone to rest?

6. How do the horses finally get away from the lions?

7. Why do Aravis and Lasaraleen have so much difficulty understanding each other?

8. Why does Shasta get jealous of Aravis?

9. Why does Bree get worried about his habit of rolling in the grass?

10. What does Shasta think may have happened to the others when they aren't at the tomb?

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