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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shepherd's most prized possession?
(a) His sheep.
(b) His son.
(c) His land.
(d) His enchanted sword.

2. What does Taran find when he reaches the fourth of the Free Commots?
(a) They need a new leader.
(b) They are starving.
(c) They are the happiest people he has ever seen.
(d) The city is preparing for attack.

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

4. What keeps Taran from helping the shepherd get up from the rocky ledge one day?
(a) Craddoc is too heavy.
(b) Taran is injured.
(c) Dallben tells Taran not to help Craddoc.
(d) Craddoc fights with Taran.

5. Who does Taran find at his side when he wakes after suffering injuries trying to save the shepherd?
(a) Dallben.
(b) Gurgi.
(c) Fflewdar Fflam.
(d) Craddoc.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dorath's occupation?

2. What is the name of Taran's master in the third of the Free Commots?

3. What does Dorath tell Taran he wants before he will let Taran go?

4. What work of his master in the third of the Free Commots has Taran seen before?

5. What is so frustrating to Taran about the job he takes in the third of the Free Commots.

Short Essay Questions

1. What part of his history does Craddoc tell Taran as they eat at his home?

2. What is Llonio's philosophy on life?

3. What items does Taran make while he is a blacksmith, and what happens to them?

4. What are the messages Taran sends Fflewdar Fflam to deliver after he hears Craddoc's story?

5. What is Taran most disappointed about after the fighting with Dorath is finished in the fourth of the Free Commots?

6. What do Taran and the travelers find among the rocks after leaving Dorath's camp?

7. How does Taran feel about the Commot Merin.

8. What does Taran do to avoid having Dorath join the quest, and what happens?

9. What has Llonio placed in the river behind his house, and what is it used for?

10. What does Craddoc tell Taran just before he dies after falling off the ledge?

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