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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Morgant say he'll do to make Taran do what he's told?
(a) Torture Dallben.
(b) Kill Taran.
(c) Kill Eilonwy, Gurgi, and Fflewddur.
(d) Break Taran's sword and Fflewddur's harp.

2. How many Huntsmen and gwythaints do Taran and the others see the morning after Ellidyr steals the cauldron?
(a) Two Huntsmen and eight gwythaints.
(b) Four of each.
(c) Four Huntsmen and three gwythaints.
(d) None.

3. What do the three enchantresses look when he sees them at night?
(a) They are beautiful.
(b) They are bent and twisted.
(c) They are dirty and disheveled.
(d) They resemble toads.

4. In the opening lines of Chapter Eleven, what happens to make Taran drop his sword?
(a) The sword becomes too hot for him to hold.
(b) A fairy lights on hs hand and startles him.
(c) A warrior strikes his hand with a hammer.
(d) The sword turns into a snake.

5. What is Morgant's response when Taran says they are under the protection of Gwydion?
(a) Gwydion has united with Morgant.
(b) He doesn't fear Gwydion.
(c) Gwydion has been captured as well.
(d) Gwydion is dead.

6. What does Taran see as soon as the group steps into Morgant's tent?
(a) The cauldron, set up and ready to be used.
(b) Doli, eating and laughing.
(c) The cauldron, broken to pieces.
(d) Ellidyr, beaten and bound.

7. What is Eilonwy's response when Taran says they can't possibly carry the cauldron all the way home?
(a) That there's got to be a way.
(b) That he's right.
(c) That he sounds like Gwystyl.
(d) That he's being a crybaby.

8. What happens to the cauldron when Taran and the others put it in the sunshine?
(a) It begins to bubble.
(b) It melts.
(c) It begins to groan.
(d) It turns as red as blood.

9. Where does Eilonwy first see the gwythaints?
(a) Sitting in a tree.
(b) Flying overhead.
(c) Sneaking among the bushes.
(d) Coming from the river.

10. Who does Orddu say created the brooch?
(a) Anawar.
(b) Dallben.
(c) Menwy.
(d) Orgoch.

11. At the beginning of Chapter Thirteen, what does Taran do to try to make the enchantresses talk to him again?
(a) Yells.
(b) Knocks on the door and window.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Threatens to tell Dallben.

12. What does Taran hear throughout the night while he and the others are bound?
(a) The wind and coyotes.
(b) The roars of Huntsmen in the distance.
(c) The moans of the cauldron--born.
(d) The warriors moving, and Morgant issuing commands.

13. What were the three items from which Dallben was allowed to choose when he left the home of the enchantresses?
(a) A wagon, a chair, and a bed.
(b) The Book of Three, a harp, and a sword.
(c) A horse, a donkey, and a bicycle.
(d) A magic wand, a magic potion, and a magic cauldron.

14. What does Ellidyr do to destroy the cauldron?
(a) Throws himself in it.
(b) Throws Morgant in it.
(c) Chops it with his sword.
(d) Throws it off a cliff.

15. What do the enchantresses say they turned the Huntsmen into?
(a) Mice.
(b) They don't say.
(c) Toads.
(d) Pumpkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oddur say the cauldron must be destroyed?

2. What does Fflewddur offer to trade for the cauldron?

3. When does Orddu say she last saw Ellidyr.

4. What are the properties Orddu says the brooch has?

5. What does Taran say he believes the group should do?

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