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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Taran want the messenger to ask Dallben about while he stays with the shepherd?
2. What is so frustrating to Taran about the job he takes in the third of the Free Commots.
3. What destroys the aggressors of the fourth of the Free Commots?
4. Why is Taran so angry about the shepherd's death?
5. What is the shepherd's most prized possession?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Taran feel about Dorath and his men when he first meets them?
2. What is Llonio's philosophy on life?
3. Where does Taran take Craddoc's sheep, and what is so peculiar about the people who take them?
4. What part of his history does Craddoc tell Taran as they eat at his home?
5. What is Taran most disappointed about after the fighting with Dorath is finished in the fourth of the Free Commots?
6. What does the weaver make Taran do when she agrees to let him become her apprentice?
7. What do Taran and the travelers find among the rocks after leaving Dorath's camp?
8. After Craddoc's death, why does Taran say he no longer wishes to find his real parents?
9. What does Craddoc realize at the end of the summer, and what does he do about this realization?
10. What is Taran's plan to help the fourth of the Free Commots fight against Dorath and his band?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?
Essay Topic 2
Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?
Essay Topic 3
Diversity is a major theme in this play as many different life-styles and creatures are involved. How is this theme shown in this book, and why do you think the author feels it is so important?
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