2. What news does Taran hear when he first wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?
(a) Craddoc is not his father.
(b) Dallben is coming.
(c) Creekdock is dead.
(d) Taran is being honored as a hero.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Dorath tell Taran he wants before he will let Taran go?
(a) Payment for the food he ate.
(b) A share of the treasure.
(c) News of his homeland.
(d) A written promise of fidelity.

11. What do Dorath and his men do when Taran asks them for some food?
(a) Completely ignores Taran.
(b) Makes Taran promise payment for the food.
(c) Lets Taran scrape the left-overs when the men are done eating.
(d) Welcomes them and feeds them.

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

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

14. How does Taran try to get help for the shepherd before he dies?
(a) The battle horn.
(b) He sings a chant that Doli taught him.
(c) He summons Dallben to him with his ring.
(d) He sends Gurgi to fetch Dallben.

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