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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. What news does an urgent Gurgi bring Taran one day at the end of the summer?
(a) Craddoc is not his father.
(b) Dallben is coming.
(c) The princess has written to him.
(d) Craddoc is injured.

2. What is the name of the crippled man Taran meets at the rocky area?
(a) Craddoc.
(b) Creekdock.
(c) Crabble.
(d) Crawdack.

3. Why does Taran never want to see the princess again after hearing the shepherd's story?
(a) He no longer loves her as he has found his home.
(b) He is of too low birth to ever marry her.
(c) He knows she would despise him after hearing he is a shepherd.
(d) He loves her too much to let her lower her standards.

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

5. 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 does Taran do to try and avoid having Dorath and his men join the quest?

2. How did the crippled man's wife die?

3. What keeps Taran from helping the shepherd get up from the rocky ledge one day?

4. Who owns what the travelers find at the rocky area after leaving Dorath's camp?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Taran do to avoid having Dorath join the quest, and what happens?

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

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

4. What has Llonio placed in the river behind his house, and what is it used for?

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

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

7. What is Llonio's philosophy on life?

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

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

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

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