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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 is the ridiculous question the enchantress asks Taran and the others?
(a) How many hairs on a dog's back.
(b) How many twigs in a bird's next.
(c) How many licks in a lolly pop.
(d) How many drops in a bucket of water.

2. What does Orddu first suggest Taran might trade for the cauldron?
(a) The Book of Three.
(b) His horse.
(c) The North Wind in a bag.
(d) His most precious memory.

3. What is Eilonwy's response when Taran says they can't possibly carry the cauldron all the way home?
(a) That he sounds like Gwystyl.
(b) That there's got to be a way.
(c) That he's being a crybaby.
(d) That he's right.

4. 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) A huge flock of birds.
(c) Doli and Smoit, coming to the rescue.
(d) The warriors lining up near the cauldron.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the weapon Ellidyr uses against Taran as Chapter Seventeen comes to a close?

3. Where does Gurgi find the cauldron?

4. What is the idea Taran comes up with to make the cauldron easier to carry once they are in the woods?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the conditions Ellidyr places on his help moving the cauldron and what are his reasons for those conditions?

3. What does Eilonwy say to Taran about his depression over trading the brooch?

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

5. What happens at the end of Chapter Eighteen that reveals Morgant is not the man they believe him to be?

6. What is Morgant's plan for the cauldron and why does he say he deserves to have it?

7. What does Taran see when, during the night, they peek through the window of the cottage?

8. Why does Taran say he and the others can't simply leave without the cauldron?

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

10. How do the enchantresses say Arawn got the cauldron and why was he allowed to do that?

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