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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. How does Shasta feel about traveling with the two strangers?
(a) He's happy to have company along for the journey
(b) He's grateful to travel with someone who can fight
(c) He's afraid they'll be more conspicuous now
(d) He gets sulky and rude, especially to Aravis

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

3. 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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bree makes sure to start their journey by

2. What do the boys realize about each other?

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

4. Who is riding the other horse?

5. What plan does Shasta finally come up with?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lasaraleen react when she realizes that the Tisroc is walking towards them?

3. Why did Hwin reveal that she could talk to Aravis?

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

5. What does Shasta find most different about the place where he awakens?

6. Why is Shasta so interested in Sallowpad's description of the different ways across the desert?

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

8. Why does Aravis jump up on Lasaraleen's litter?

9. Why does Bree need Shasta's help?

10. How do the companions plan to get through Tashbaan?

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