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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Taran find at his side when he wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?
(a) Fflewdar Fflam.
(b) Gurgi.
(c) Dallben.
(d) Craddoc.

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

3. What does Dorath decide to take as payment before he lets Taran leave?
(a) The enchanted ring.
(b) A promisory note.
(c) A letter of good will to King Smoit.
(d) A sword fight.

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

5. What does the shepherd tell Taran just before he dies?
(a) Crawdack is really a run-away prince.
(b) He lied.
(c) He pleads with Taran to care for the sheep.
(d) He loves Taran.

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

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

8. Where does Taran stay for the winter?
(a) King Smoit's palace.
(b) Cair Dallben.
(c) Craddoc's land.
(d) With the Free Commots.

9. Where does Fflewdar Fflam go at the end of the winter?
(a) To Cair Dallben.
(b) To his own land.
(c) To the Free Commots.
(d) With Taran on his journey.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the travelers find at the rocky area after leaving Dorath's camp?

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

3. What job does Taran take when he reaches the first of the Free Commots?

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

5. Why does Taran move on from his second job among the Free Commots?

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