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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 is the name of the Dwarf that travels with Allanon on the journey?

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

3. What does Allanor say showed him that the brothers had to leave Shady Vale?

4. What does Allanon say will end the isolation of the humans?

5. What caused the humans to isolate themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Flick think is strange about the friendship between Shea and Menion?

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

3. What are Stores?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Balinor tell Shea about Allanon?

9. How does Allanon learn about Shea's fate after they leave the Hall of the Kings?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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