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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 Dorath tell Taran he wants before he will let Taran go?
2. What do Taran and the farmer with the large family find in a field one day?
3. What does Dorath do to make the fight between him and Taran unfair?
4. What does Taran suggest to the fourth of the Free Commots to trick their aggressors?
5. Who does Taran find at his side when he wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Taran feel about his work as a potter?
2. What is Taran's plan to help the fourth of the Free Commots fight against Dorath and his band?
3. What does Craddoc realize at the end of the summer, and what does he do about this realization?
4. How does Dorath make the fight with Taran unfair?
5. How does Taran feel about the Commot Merin.
6. Where does Taran take Craddoc's sheep, and what is so peculiar about the people who take them?
7. After spending a season as a shepherd, how does Taran feel about his new life?
8. What does Taran do to avoid having Dorath join the quest, and what happens?
9. What items does Taran make while he is a blacksmith, and what happens to them?
10. What is the wager that Dorath puts forth to Taran, and why is Taran so hesitant to accept it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?
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
Despair is a theme that is placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role do despair play in this book?
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