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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What particular attribute does Basil Stag Hare say is unseemly about the rats to their faces?

2. How does the author describe the color of Basil Stag Hare's coat?

3. Cheesethief tells Scrag the dream of the _____ before he kills him.

4. Cluny calls his hordes a cringing load of _____ when he yells for Redtooth and Darkclaw after the cart accident.

5. Where does Constance Badger appear when she causes Cluny to fall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Cornflower's duties at Redwall and how do they increase after Matthias returns?

2. What does Ragear plan to do with Matthias once he catches him?

3. How does Cluny feel about losing the element of surprise in attacking Redwall?

4. What is Father Abbot Mortimer's impression of Matthias at the beginning of the book, and what does he tell Matthias?

5. How does Brother Methuselah know that the rats are trying to attack Redwall via the elm tree?

6. How does Killconey describe Asmodeus to Cluny?

7. How and when are the rats going to launch a second attack on Redwall, and how does Sela know this?

8. What does Matthias surmise as he reaches the edge of the woods on his way to St. Ninian's?

9. How do Matthias and Cluny react to Cornflower when Cluny enters Redwall?

10. What does Cheesethief think to himself when he overhears Cluny promising to promote the weasel Scragg over his rats?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List the articles of death and slavery that Cluny reads to the mice of Redwall. How does Father Abbot Mortimer react to them? What does Cluny say as he leaves Redwall?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Matthias's encounter with the shrews. How does he eventually befriend them? What happens as a result of the deal he has made with Captain Snow? How does everyone involved act as a result of this turn of events?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Brother Methuselah discovers the riddle behind the tapestry. How does the riddle reveal the destiny of Matthias?

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