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

2. Why does Taran move on from his second job among the Free Commots?
(a) He does not like his master.
(b) He does not have a natural talent for it.
(c) He feels it is beneath him.
(d) The work does not make him happy.

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

4. What does the shepherd realize at the end of the summer?
(a) Taran is not his son.
(b) Taran was meant for more in life than this farm.
(c) He is dying.
(d) Taran hates his life there.

5. Which of the Free Commots does Taran think feels like home?
(a) Merry's Commot.
(b) Commot Merclin.
(c) Merlin's Commot.
(d) Commot Merin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Taran take in the third of the Free Commots?

2. What does Taran make for the farmer and his family before he leaves?

3. In what condition does Dorath leave Taran after the fight between them?

4. What do Dorath and his men do when Taran asks them for some food?

5. What does the shepherd tell Taran just before he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of his history does Craddoc tell Taran as they eat at his home?

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

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

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

5. What is the wager that Dorath puts forth to Taran, and why is Taran so hesitant to accept it?

6. What does Craddoc realize at the end of the summer, and what does he do about this realization?

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

8. How does Dorath make the fight with Taran unfair?

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

10. What is Taran's plan to help the fourth of the Free Commots fight against Dorath and his band?

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