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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Taran say he stole the cauldron?

2. Where does Fflewddur say Ellidyr has gone?

3. What is the gift Gwystyl gives Taran?

4. Where is Gurgi when Taran and the others are facing the enchantress?

5. Why does Fflewddur say Taran should go to sleep immediately?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Taran try to mislead the enchantresses when asked for their names and what is the result of his attempted deception?

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

3. 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?

4. Describe Ellidyr's final moments of life.

5. What are some of the options to get rid of the cauldron do Taran and the others consider and what in the end must they do with it?

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

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

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

9. Describe the encounter with the gwythaints.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Ellidyr? Why is he an important character? What are his strengths and weaknesses? What is his fate? How does he change over the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare any two characters in the story.Why did you choose to compare the two you selected? What is important about each? What is most memorable about each? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each?

Essay Topic 3

What is the quest in this story? Why is the quest important? How is the quest resolved? Who is the most important character involved in resolving the quest?

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