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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 used to beat down Shea after he touches the Sword of Shannara?

2. What does Stenmin do before leaving the cellar?

3. What does Flick do to free the Elf King?

4. How does Shea defeat Brona?

5. How do the gnomes scale the bluff at Tyrsis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a Skull Bearer lands with Creel at Paranor?

2. What does Palance do when he sees Balinor enter Tyrsis?

3. What does Flick do when the Elf King loses strength, and what does this indicate?

4. What do Shea and Creel find when they get to Paranor?

5. What does Creel say to calm Shea's fears of never finding Fane and the Sword?

6. What does Keltset explain to his people through sign language?

7. What happens when the trap door in Tyrsis is found?

8. How does Durin die?

9. What does Allanon do when he sees Shea coming out of the Mountain, and how does Shea respond to this?

10. What does Keltset do when Rock Trolls surround the group at dusk?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were some of the main dangers in the Hall of the Kings, how were the characters able to avoid them, and what did they all symbolize?

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

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

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