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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 the crippled man give his child to when he can no longer care for it?
(a) Dallben.
(b) A traveller.
(c) King Smoit.
(d) The Fair Folk.

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) Taran is being honored as a hero.
(c) Dallben is coming.
(d) Creekdock is dead.

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

4. What does Taran find when he reaches the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) They are the happiest people he has ever seen.
(b) The city is preparing for attack.
(c) They are starving.
(d) They need a new leader.

5. Why is Taran so angry about the shepherd's death?
(a) He never hears the whole true story.
(b) He wastes the one call on the battle horn.
(c) He wants an explanation for the lie.
(d) He loses his father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Gurgi opt to stay with Taran and the shepherd?

3. What do Taran and the farmer with the large family find in a field one day?

4. Why does Doli separate from the group as the rest travel on?

5. What is the shepherd's most prized possession?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Taran take Craddoc's sheep, and what is so peculiar about the people who take them?

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

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

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

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

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