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

2. What does Taran say when the enchantresses ask for Eilonwy's name?
(a) He refuses to say anything.
(b) He says her name is Princess Eilonwy.
(c) He says her name is Queen Justine.
(d) He says her name is Indeg.

3. Who says they should give Ellidyr the food he asks for?
(a) Eilonwy.
(b) Taran.
(c) Gurgi.
(d) Fflewddur.

4. 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 magic wand, a magic potion, and a magic cauldron.
(d) A horse, a donkey, and a bicycle.

5. Why does Eilonwy suggest a particular spot of the river as a place to cross?
(a) The riverbank is less steep.
(b) It seems shallower.
(c) It seems deeper.
(d) It seems narrower.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gurgi do during the night while Taran and the others are trying to escape?

3. Why does Gwydion say Morgant should be honored?

4. Who is the first to cross the river?

5. What do the enchantresses say they turned the Huntsmen into?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taran's group find the cauldron?

2. In Chapter Nineteen, what does Ellidyr say about the "black beast" and is the black beast a real creature?

3. Describe what happens when Taran and the others encounter Morgant in Chapter Eighteen.

4. How did Dallben swallow some of the wisdom potion?

5. What does the enchantress threaten to change Taran and the others into and what does she say they'll do once they've been changed?

6. What do Taran and the others do to try to destroy the cauldron and what are the results of those efforts?

7. Describe the encounter with the gwythaints.

8. What are some of the suggestions as to how to find the cauldron?

9. Describe the reunion with Ellidyr.

10. What is the history of the brooch?

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