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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 licks in a lolly pop.
(b) How many twigs in a bird's next.
(c) How many drops in a bucket of water.
(d) How many hairs on a dog's back.

2. What does Morgant say he'll do to make Taran do what he's told?
(a) Kill Eilonwy, Gurgi, and Fflewddur.
(b) Torture Dallben.
(c) Kill Taran.
(d) Break Taran's sword and Fflewddur's harp.

3. In the opening of Chapter Eighteen, what time of day is it when Taran regains his senses?
(a) Just after dawn.
(b) Mid afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Night time.

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

5. What is wrong with Doli's ears when he first appears in Chapter Twenty?
(a) They're frozen.
(b) They're scratched.
(c) They're blue.
(d) They're bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Islimach do after seeing Ellidyr's body?

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

3. What does Gurgi offer to trade for the cauldron?

4. Who is the first to cross the river?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the enchantresses say when Fflewddur asks how they got the cauldron away from Annuvin?

2. What happens when Taran and the others try to steal the cauldron and what is the reaction of the enchantresses?

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the reunion with Ellidyr.

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

9. 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?

10. In the opening paragraphs of Chapter Twenty, what knocks Taran down and how does Taran figure out what it is?

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