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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dorath offer to help Taran complete his quest?
(a) He think Taran will give him good cover for his next job.
(b) He wants half the money.
(c) He can sense Taran's goodness.
(d) He has compassion on Taran's story.

2. What happens to the shepherd's son?
(a) He is given to a nobleman as payment for rent.
(b) He is stolen by a wizard.
(c) He dies with his mother.
(d) He is given to Dallben one spring morning.

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

4. What job does Taran take when he reaches the first of the Free Commots?
(a) Artist.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Tailor.

5. What is Dorath's occupation?
(a) Artist.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Bandit.
(d) Sword for hire.

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

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 turning wheel.
(d) A large ferry.

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

9. In what condition does Dorath leave Taran after the fight between them?
(a) Crying in shame.
(b) Unconscious, but unharmed.
(c) Bleeding on the ground.
(d) Glaring in fury.

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

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

12. What is the only thing of value that Taran is carrying on his journey?
(a) The battle horn.
(b) The polished bone.
(c) His sword.
(d) An enchanted ring.

13. How does Taran feel about living the life of a shepherd?
(a) He admires the physical tenacity it requires.
(b) He feels it is beneath him, but likes it.
(c) He loves the peace and serenity of it.
(d) He does not like it.

14. Who does Taran befriend in the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) A spry little dwarf.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) An old weaver.
(d) An injured young man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taran hope to make while working in the Free Commots?

2. What does Taran work to make at his second job with the Free Commots.

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

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

5. Where does Taran take the shepherd's sheep at the end of the winter?

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