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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the one wish of the crippled man's wife before she died?
(a) To see her sone get away from their land.
(b) To see a bit of real magic.
(c) To know that her husband would never re-marry.
(d) To be wealthy.

2. What does Taran make for the farmer and his family before he leaves?
(a) A front porch.
(b) A new wheat grinder.
(c) A system of catching and cleaning fish.
(d) A table.

3. Who is the fourth of the Free Commots in danger of?
(a) Dorath.
(b) The 3 witches.
(c) Lord Gast.
(d) Lord Goryon.

4. What is the name of the farmer who gets Craddoc's sheep?
(a) Llonio.
(b) Llylanus.
(c) Llionus.
(d) Llania.

5. Why does Gurgi opt to stay with Taran and the shepherd?
(a) He does not think he can remember all the message.
(b) He likes sheep.
(c) He does not like Dallben.
(d) He fears to travel alone.

6. What job does Taran take in the third of the Free Commots?
(a) Weaver.
(b) Artist.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Tailor.

7. What does the shepherd realize at the end of the summer?
(a) Taran is not his son.
(b) Taran was meant for more in life than this farm.
(c) Taran hates his life there.
(d) He is dying.

8. What happens the first time Taran uses his new sword?
(a) It is admired and sold.
(b) It shatters.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It cuts him.

9. Why does Taran never want to see the princess again after hearing the shepherd's story?
(a) He knows she would despise him after hearing he is a shepherd.
(b) He loves her too much to let her lower her standards.
(c) He no longer loves her as he has found his home.
(d) He is of too low birth to ever marry her.

10. What work of his master in the third of the Free Commots has Taran seen before?
(a) King Smoit's tapestry.
(b) Dallben's sword.
(c) Lord Gast's wine bowl.
(d) Pricess Eilonwy's gown.

11. What is so frustrating to Taran about the job he takes in the third of the Free Commots.
(a) He cannot make things as beautiful as his master.
(b) It is too hard for him.
(c) He feels this has no value to men.
(d) He hates getting so dirty.

12. What do the travelers find at the rocky area after leaving Dorath's camp?
(a) A sword.
(b) A lamb.
(c) Water.
(d) A rucksack of food.

13. Why does Taran move on from his second job among the Free Commots?
(a) The work does not make him happy.
(b) He does not have a natural talent for it.
(c) He does not like his master.
(d) He feels it is beneath him.

14. Where does Taran take the shepherd's sheep at the end of the winter?
(a) To the Free Commots.
(b) To a small farmer with many children.
(c) To a livestock market.
(d) To Cair Dallben.

15. What destroys the aggressors of the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) Death.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Conversion.
(d) Scattering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Taran take in the second of the Free Commots?

2. Where does Taran stay for the winter?

3. What does Dorath decide to take as payment before he lets Taran leave?

4. What keeps Taran from helping the shepherd get up from the rocky ledge one day?

5. What news does Taran hear when he first wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?

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