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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ellidyr tell Morgant about Taran's fate?
(a) He'd been captured while trying to steal the cauldron.
(b) He'd drowned.
(c) He'd died in the marsh.
(d) He'd been killed by Huntsmen.

2. What is the gift Gwystyl gives Taran?
(a) A crow.
(b) A bag of herbs.
(c) A sword.
(d) A horse.

3. Where does Gurgi find the cauldron?
(a) In the marsh.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the chicken roost.
(d) In the cottage.

4. 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.

5. What does Taran say he believes the group should do?
(a) Steal the cauldron.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Destroy the cauldron.
(d) Tell Dallben and Gwydion.

6. 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 sounds like Gwystyl.
(c) That he's right.
(d) That he's being a crybaby.

7. Why does Orddu say they are willing to part with the cauldron?
(a) Because they want to be kind to Dallben.
(b) Because it's too heavy to be useful.
(c) Because they like Taran.
(d) Because it's good for nothing except creating cauldron-born.

8. What is Fflewddur's role when they are struggling again to get the cauldron from the water?
(a) He has no role because he is injured.
(b) He pries under the cauldron.
(c) He manages the horses.
(d) He works beside Eilonwy.

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

10. Why does Orddu say Eilonwy must not touch the fabric on a loom?
(a) It carries a dark magic.
(b) It isn't finished.
(c) It's filled with nettles.
(d) It is enchanted.

11. Why does Gwydion say Morgant should be honored?
(a) Because he died valiantly.
(b) Because he was once a great man.
(c) Because he didn't use the cauldron.
(d) Because he captured Ellidyr.

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

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

14. What is the injury Fflewddur suffers when he falls near the edge of the river?
(a) A broken nose.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A broken arm.
(d) A broken harp.

15. What does Eilonwy respond when Ellidyr says Taran will break his promise?
(a) She will make sure Taran keeps his word.
(b) Ellidyr is a hateful man.
(c) Ellidyr would break his promises, but that they aren't like him.
(d) Taran is a man of his word.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orddu say created the brooch?

2. Why does the enchantress say Taran and the others don't have to worry about being stepped on after they are turned into toads?

3. What does Orddu call the Black Cauldron?

4. What is the position Morgant offers Taran?

5. What does Taran say when the enchantresses ask for Eilonwy's name?

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