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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adaon say to Gwystyl?
(a) Thank you for your hospitality.
(b) We'll pay you for sheltering us.
(c) Will you please prepare some food.
(d) Without your help, we would surely die.

2. What happens to the huntsman that's about to kill Taran with a dagger?
(a) Ellidyr kills him.
(b) He simply drops dead.
(c) Melynlas kicks him.
(d) Eilonwy kills him.

3. Who leads Doli's horse down the steep embankment at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) Gurgi.
(b) Doli.
(c) Taran.
(d) Elionwy.

4. What is the bird Taran sees that he is certain means they are going toward Morva?
(a) A hawk.
(b) An eagle.
(c) A marsh bird.
(d) A crow.

5. What does Gwystyl do when Doli first threatens to squeeze him?
(a) Faints.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Offers Doli some stew.
(d) Tries to hide under the bed.

6. Where is the cauldron?
(a) In Arawn's workshop.
(b) Under the Dark Gate.
(c) In the Hall of Warriors.
(d) In the underworld.

7. What are the animals chasing Taran in his dream shortly after Adaon's death?
(a) An alligator and two snakes.
(b) A bear and two wolves.
(c) A wolf and a lion.
(d) Three bears.

8. What happens the moment Fflewddur says he gave up being a bard to please Gwydion?
(a) Gwydion objects.
(b) Thunder sounds in the distance.
(c) Two strings on his harp snap.
(d) Doli begins to laugh.

9. What does Gwydion say he plans to seize from Arawn?
(a) His cauldron.
(b) His kingdom.
(c) His sword.
(d) His army.

10. What are Gwythaints?
(a) A kind of tree that bears poison fruit.
(b) A small animal that frightens horses.
(c) Arawn's dead soldiers.
(d) Arawn's messenger birds.

11. What does Ellidyr say to Taran after he causes Taran and Melynlas to fall?
(a) That he'll be more ruthless next time.
(b) That Taran should go home before he's hurt.
(c) That Taran had better not tell what happened.
(d) That he didn't mean for them to fall.

12. Which of the following is not an activity of which Taran is aware during their travels soon after Adaon's death?
(a) A bird building a nest.
(b) Ants working in their earthen castle.
(c) Squirrels gathering nuts.
(d) A spider repairing its web.

13. Who stands first watch when Taran and the others sleep after Adaon's death?
(a) Eilonwy.
(b) Taran.
(c) No one.
(d) Gurgi.

14. What does Taran discover when he wakes from his sleep?
(a) That Ellidyr has gone on alone.
(b) That Ellidyr has been captured.
(c) That Eilonwy has been captured.
(d) That Eilonwy has gone on alone.

15. What time of day is it when Taran and the others reach the Marshes of Morva?
(a) Just after dawn.
(b) Just before sunrise.
(c) Just before sunset.
(d) Just after noon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adaon say he dreamed about himself during the quest to find the cauldron?

2. At the beginning of Chapter Ten, what does Gurgi look like when they stop to rest

3. What happens to the first arrows fired by Taran, Eilonwy, and Gurgi?

4. How do Taran and the others discover Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch have the cauldron?

5. Who does Adaon say is waiting for his return?

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