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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. How many Kern men fight in the decoy army?

2. How does the Tyrsis army defend against what the Gnomes use to scale the bluffs?

3. What is Ginnisson's occupation?

4. Who fights a Muten to give Shea time to escape?

5. Why is Orl Fane tied up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Balinor think will happen if Tyrsis falls to the Gnome army?

4. What happens when Creel finds the Elfstones?

5. What does Shea find when he wakes after escaping the crumbling Mountain Pass?

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

7. Why is Shea unable to get to Fane when they see him by the North Wall?

8. What does Balinor find when he first gets to Tyrsis?

9. What happens as Balinor begins to despair the fate of his men?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personal identity was one of the main themes in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how did its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

How did Keltset die, and what did this reveal about his character? How did this death affect the characters who witnessed it?

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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