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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 for 10 days after Allanor leaves a letter for the brothers?
(a) It rains.
(b) It snows.
(c) The wind blows.
(d) It is hot and sunny.

2. What direction from the inn is Anar?
(a) Southeast.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Northeast.

3. What sends the Skullbearer away from the forest where the brothers are sleeping?
(a) A wolf howling.
(b) An eagle.
(c) The sun.
(d) The moon.

4. Who fought with the Dwarves in the second great war?
(a) The Trolls.
(b) The Elves.
(c) The Humans.
(d) The Gnomes.

5. What protected the group against the Banshees?
(a) Healing herbs.
(b) Protective chants.
(c) Ear plugs.
(d) Blindfolds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Allanor the only one who could approach the lake that was reached after Shea and Flick were healed?

2. What is the beautiful girl by the tree doing when Menion sees her?

3. What direction are most of the strange things in Shady Vale coming from?

4. What does Menion admit to the brothers on their fifth day of traveling?

5. Who takes a rope across the bridge to secure it well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Allanon say it is important for Shea to understand the history of the Sword of Shannara?

2. What does the stranger say about the shadow flying overhead, and how does Flick respond to this?

3. What does Menion realize about himself as he is about to shoot a gnome, and what does this cause him to do?

4. What does Shea remember about his childhood?

5. What does Flick make to protect the travelers in the heavy mist in the Black Oaks?

6. What happens when the group enters the Dragon's Crease?

7. What news does Allanor bring to Balinor when the brothers first get to Anar?

8. Why does Flick not like Menion Leah?

9. How are the travelers able to defeat the Marsh Wraith?

10. Why does the stranger at the beginning of the book say he has come to the Vale?

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