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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the three Huntsmen chasing Taran and the others?
(a) They suddenly fall dead without any reason.
(b) They fall into the bog.
(c) They are killed by Elionwy's arrows.
(d) They lose the trail and go in the wrong direction.

2. What happens just as Taran and the others mount up to travel to the new meeting place?
(a) Doli turns invisible.
(b) An army of warriors rushes through the bushes.
(c) Arrows fly through the air toward them.
(d) A flock of spy birds flies over.

3. Where do the travelers get the food for their meal when they stop after riding all night?
(a) Gurgi.
(b) Taran.
(c) They all gather nuts and berries.
(d) Eilonwy.

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

5. What is Fflewddur doing when Taran finds him?
(a) Walking.
(b) Cooling his feet in a stream.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Sitting in a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fflewddur say the symbol on the brooch means?

2. What does Gwystyl say his magic powder will do to help Taran and the group?

3. What does Gwystyl say Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch are?

4. What does Taran hold in his hands while he sleeps during the night after the rain?

5. Who stands first watch when Taran and the others sleep after Adaon's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. List at least three things about Gwystyl's cavern and describe his reaction to the arrival of Taran and the others.

2. List three details about the brief battle between Taran's group and the Huntsmen.

3. What is Eilonwy's role in helping Doli find the person in the hollow tree and how do they know someone is there?

4. What is Ellidyr's reaction when Taran offers to help with Ellidyr's horse and what is Ellidyr's reaction when Taran finds a rock in the horse's hoof?

5. Describe the crow Taran and the others see in Gwystyl's cave, Eilonwy's reaction to it, and Fflewddur's reaction to the crow's name.

6. What does Doli say he learned about the cauldron and why do Adaon and Fflewddur say they now have to do?

7. What is the reaction of the group when Taran discovers Ellidyr is missing and why do they follow him?

8. When Taran realizes Adaon has foreseen his own death, he asks why Adaon didn't say so. What is Adaon's response?

9. In Chapter Two, Gwydion and Smoit have a difference of opinion as to whether the others have to join in the attack against Arawn. Describe that conversation.

10. What information does Doli get regarding the Huntsmen and what is the escape plan?

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