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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the shepherd's most prized possession?
(a) His sheep.
(b) His son.
(c) His enchanted sword.
(d) His land.

3. What is Taran unable to do in the fourth of the Free Commots that distresses him greatly?
(a) Make his story heard.
(b) Defeat the outlaws.
(c) Deliver Annlaw's pottery.
(d) Catch and kill Dorath.

4. What does Taran do to try and avoid having Dorath and his men join the quest?
(a) Lie to him about his destination.
(b) Sneak away in the night.
(c) Talk down about the treasure.
(d) Tell him of all the danger they will meet.

5. What is the device in the river used to do for the farmer and his family?
(a) Provide a traveling bridge.
(b) Give him safe passage across the river.
(c) Catch things floating down the river.
(d) Power the mill that grinds his wheat.

6. 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 know that her husband would never re-marry.
(c) To see a bit of real magic.
(d) To be wealthy.

7. What does the farmer that got Craddoc's sheep put in the river behind his house?
(a) A floating bridge.
(b) A large net.
(c) A large ferry.
(d) A turning wheel.

8. What do Taran and the farmer with the large family find in a field one day?
(a) Some oddly shaped stones.
(b) Another polished bone.
(c) A bag of wheat.
(d) A horse bridle.

9. How did the crippled man's wife die?
(a) An illness.
(b) Bandits attacked.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) She fell from a cliff in the fog.

10. What does Dorath do to make the fight between him and Taran unfair?
(a) Brings out a knife.
(b) Throws dirt in Taran's face.
(c) Takes a rest.
(d) Calls in a second man to help him.

11. What does the farmer with Craddoc's sheep credit most of his success to?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Luck.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Love.

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

13. Why is Taran so angry about the shepherd's death?
(a) He wants an explanation for the lie.
(b) He loses his father.
(c) He never hears the whole true story.
(d) He wastes the one call on the battle horn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Taran's master in the third of the Free Commots?

2. What does Taran find when he reaches the fourth of the Free Commots?

3. What does Dorath do to ensure his involvement in Taran's quest?

4. What is Dorath's occupation?

5. Who does Taran befriend in the fourth of the Free Commots?

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