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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 does the Dwarf who saves Menion call him?

2. How many elves travel with Allanon on the journey?

3. What does Flick say as they enter the Black Oaks?

4. What kind of creature was Bremen?

5. What is the name of the first forest the brothers come to on their journey to Anar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Stores?

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

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

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

7. Why does Flick not like Menion Leah?

8. What does Shea remember about his childhood?

9. What does Balinor say when he arrives at the inn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the true power of the Sword of Shannara, and how did this affect the different characters who came in contact with it?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might Terry Brooks have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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