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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. What direction from the inn is Anar?

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

3. What does Flick say when he sees Menion is gone?

4. Who fought with the Dwarves in the second great war?

5. How long before this book began had the Border Legion been created?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shea respond when he hears the bad new Allanor brings, and how does Allanon feel about this?

2. How is Flick described at the beginning of the book?

3. What are Stores?

4. What does Shea say when he hears the history of the Sword of Shannara, and how does Allanon respond to this?

5. What happens when the group gets to the Druid's Keep?

6. Who does the stranger at the beginning of the book say he is, and how does Flick's family respond to this?

7. What gift did Allanor leave for Shea, and what is it to be used for?

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

9. What is the history of the Sword of Shannara?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Creel kept from killing Orl Fane when he had the chance. Why did he do this, and what did this event reveal about Creel's character?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How did Stenmin rule over Palance, and what affect did this power have on the course of the plot?

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