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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. Where do the Gnomes head once they have Shea?

2. What is used to beat down Shea after he touches the Sword of Shannara?

3. What is Stenmin?

4. What does Orl Fane say he knows the location of?

5. Who is Flick with as he watches the battle from the forest?

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 Menion know about Palance when he arrives at Tyrsis and why?

3. How does Keltset die?

4. Why does Menion feel that the plan to evacuate Kern must be kept quiet?

5. What makes Menion a hero in Kern?

6. What does Creel allow Shea to do after meeting the Skull Bearer at Paranor?

7. Why did Palance place Balinor in prison when he arrived in Callahorn?

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

9. What does Shirl suggest to Menion before they meet with Palance?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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