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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dorath decide to take as payment before he lets Taran leave?
(a) The enchanted ring.
(b) A letter of good will to King Smoit.
(c) A promisory note.
(d) A sword fight.

2. Who is the fourth of the Free Commots in danger of?
(a) Lord Goryon.
(b) Dorath.
(c) The 3 witches.
(d) Lord Gast.

3. What is the name of the crippled man Taran meets at the rocky area?
(a) Crabble.
(b) Crawdack.
(c) Creekdock.
(d) Craddoc.

4. Why does Dorath offer to help Taran complete his quest?
(a) He wants half the money.
(b) He can sense Taran's goodness.
(c) He think Taran will give him good cover for his next job.
(d) He has compassion on Taran's story.

5. What news does an urgent Gurgi bring Taran one day at the end of the summer?
(a) The princess has written to him.
(b) Craddoc is injured.
(c) Dallben is coming.
(d) Craddoc is not his father.

6. What does Dorath tell Taran he wants before he will let Taran go?
(a) A share of the treasure.
(b) A written promise of fidelity.
(c) News of his homeland.
(d) Payment for the food he ate.

7. Where does Taran stay for the winter?
(a) Craddoc's land.
(b) King Smoit's palace.
(c) Cair Dallben.
(d) With the Free Commots.

8. What was the one wish of the crippled man's wife before she died?
(a) To know that her husband would never re-marry.
(b) To see a bit of real magic.
(c) To see her sone get away from their land.
(d) To be wealthy.

9. Why does Gurgi opt to stay with Taran and the shepherd?
(a) He does not like Dallben.
(b) He does not think he can remember all the message.
(c) He likes sheep.
(d) He fears to travel alone.

10. Who owns what the travelers find at the rocky area after leaving Dorath's camp?
(a) Dorath.
(b) King Smoit.
(c) A crippleled man.
(d) The farmer.

11. What does the shepherd tell Taran just before he dies?
(a) He loves Taran.
(b) He pleads with Taran to care for the sheep.
(c) He lied.
(d) Crawdack is really a run-away prince.

12. What job does Taran take in the second of the Free Commots?
(a) Blacksmith.
(b) Tailor.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Artist.

13. What does the farmer that got Craddoc's sheep put in the river behind his house?
(a) A large ferry.
(b) A turning wheel.
(c) A floating bridge.
(d) A large net.

14. What destroys the aggressors of the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) Conversion.
(b) Scattering.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Death.

15. Who does Taran befriend in the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) An old weaver.
(b) A spry little dwarf.
(c) An injured young man.
(d) A beautiful woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Taran take the shepherd's sheep at the end of the winter?

2. How did the crippled man's wife die?

3. In what condition does Dorath leave Taran after the fight between them?

4. What news does Taran hear when he first wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?

5. What does Taran find when he reaches the fourth of the Free Commots?

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