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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gwydion say he knows Coll is eager to begin?
(a) Bathing his pigs.
(b) Picking apples.
(c) Telling the story of his deeds.
(d) Work in his vegetable garden.

2. What role does Morgant play in binding Taran and his friends?
(a) He gives the order, then watches.
(b) He ties up Eilonwy.
(c) He ties up Gorgi and gags Fflewddur.
(d) He gags Eilonwy and ties up Taran.

3. Who pulls the ropes while Taran pushes at the cauldron in an effort to get it out of the river?
(a) Eilonwy, Gurdi, and the horses.
(b) Fflewddur and Gurdi.
(c) Taran and the horses.
(d) Fflewddur and Eilonwy.

4. Why does the enchantress say she's going to turn Taran and the others into toads?
(a) She doesn't say why.
(b) She is mean.
(c) She needs to practice her toad spell.
(d) She can't have people poking and prying into her home.

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

6. What does Orddu call the Black Cauldron?
(a) The Dark Cauldron.
(b) The Black Crochan.
(c) The Black Kettle.
(d) The Dark Crockery.

7. What are the first words Ellidyr says to Taran and the others when they are reunited in Chapter Seventeen?
(a) Where have you been?
(b) Am I glad to see you!
(c) Were you trying to lose me?
(d) Well met, brave company of scarecrows.

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

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

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

11. What is the idea Taran comes up with to make the cauldron easier to carry once they are in the woods?
(a) They roll it.
(b) They break it into pieces.
(c) They carve wheels to make a crude cart.
(d) They build a sling with vines and branches.

12. What happens when Taran hits the cauldron with his hammer?
(a) It cracks only slightly.
(b) It dents only slightly.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The paint cracks and peels.

13. What does Fflewddur offer to trade for the cauldron?
(a) His horse.
(b) His harp
(c) His earring.
(d) His magic lamp.

14. What does Fflewddur say he believes the group should do?
(a) Tell Dallben and Gwydion.
(b) Think about it.
(c) Destroy the cauldron.
(d) Find Ellidyr.

15. Why does Taran say he stole the cauldron?
(a) To build an army.
(b) To sell it back to Arawn.
(c) To be able to keep it.
(d) To have the glory of turning it over to Gwydion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Orddu say they are willing to part with the cauldron?

2. In the opening lines of Chapter Eleven, what happens to make Taran drop his sword?

3. Where does Eilonwy first see the gwythaints?

4. What does Taran say the three enchantresses are doing when he peeks into the cottage at night?

5. Where does Gurgi find the cauldron?

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