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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gurgi do during the night while Taran and the others are trying to escape?
(a) He's unconscious and does nothing.
(b) Cries.
(c) Tries to cut through Fflewddur's bindings.
(d) Tries to untie his bindings.

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

3. What are the properties Orddu says the brooch has?
(a) Dreams, wisdom, and vision.
(b) Strength, honor, and courage.
(c) Valor, glory, and reliability.
(d) Increased senses of smell, taste, and touch.

4. What does Taran first offer to trade for the cauldron?
(a) Himself.
(b) His sword.
(c) A potion for gold.
(d) Eilonwy.

5. At the end of Chapter Nineteen, what does Taran see when the wind blows the curtains aside?
(a) A huge flock of birds.
(b) Doli and Smoit, coming to the rescue.
(c) The warriors lining up near the cauldron.
(d) The army of Huntsmen preparing to attack.

6. What does Taran say the three enchantresses are doing when he peeks into the cottage at night?
(a) Chanting and dancing.
(b) Carding wool, spinning, and weaving.
(c) Cooking a potion from herbs.
(d) Cooking frog legs.

7. Why does Orddu say she didn't steal the brooch?
(a) It's power remains only if it's given willingly.
(b) She wanted to give Taran a chance to give it up.
(c) It is impossible to remove it from the one who wears it.
(d) She has too much pride.

8. What does Taran ask Ellidyr to help them do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Find Dallben and bring him to them..
(c) Find an easier path.
(d) Take the cauldron to Dallben or at least help get it out of the river.

9. Why does Taran say he doesn't dare lead them through the marshes toward Caer Dallben?
(a) Without the brooch, they'll probably die in quicksand.
(b) The horses have to walk side by side and the path is too narrow.
(c) He has lost the map.
(d) With the heavy cauldron, they'll probably drown.

10. 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.

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

12. Why does Fflewddur say Taran should go to sleep immediately?
(a) To get some rest so he can stand watch later.
(b) To dream of something that will help them.
(c) To recover his courage.
(d) To make the enchantresses worry.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Orddu offer to do to help Taran and the others get back to Dallben faster?

3. How many gwythaints does Ellidyr say he killed?

4. Why does Taran suggest that Morgant cast him into the cauldron while he's still alive?

5. What does Fflewddur ask Taran to do if Fflewddur is turned into a toad?

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