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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Taran send to speak with Dallben while he stays with the shepherd?
(a) Llylan.
(b) Gurgi.
(c) Fflewdar Fflam.
(d) Kaw.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Taran unable to do in the fourth of the Free Commots that distresses him greatly?

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

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

4. What is the only thing of value that Taran is carrying on his journey?

5. What work of his master in the third of the Free Commots has Taran seen before?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taran feel about his work as a potter?

2. After spending a season as a shepherd, how does Taran feel about his new life?

3. How does Taran feel about the Commot Merin.

4. What is Taran most disappointed about after the fighting with Dorath is finished in the fourth of the Free Commots?

5. After Craddoc's death, why does Taran say he no longer wishes to find his real parents?

6. What are the messages Taran sends Fflewdar Fflam to deliver after he hears Craddoc's story?

7. How does Taran feel about Dorath and his men when he first meets them?

8. What does the weaver make Taran do when she agrees to let him become her apprentice?

9. What do Taran and the travelers find among the rocks after leaving Dorath's camp?

10. What items does Taran make while he is a blacksmith, and what happens to them?

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