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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. Why did the messenger come to the widow more than a year after she went to the burned child?

2. What was wrong with Ogion?

3. What was the widow's husband's name?

4. How did the widow ease the child's difficulties along the way?

5. What did the widow give the history of as she and the companion walked?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tenar relate to Therru?

2. How did Tenar feel about staying at Ogion's after Ged came?

3. What gift did the widow have, and how was it used?

4. Why did Moss think Ged wasn't a wizard?

5. Where did Ogion want to die?

6. What power did Tenar have over the local wizards?

7. What was Ogion's relationship with Tenar's children?

8. Why did Ged think she should have Ogion's books?

9. Describe the widow herself.

10. How did Tenar react to her visit from the dragon.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was happening in the land Tenar traveled through? How was it different from when she lived there in the past? What power did she still have there?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Therru's relationship with Telessin. Highlight clues throughout the book that might have alluded to this relationship.

Essay Topic 3

Therru changes drastically throughout the novel. Explain how she changes both physically and mentally. Define her role in the last chapter in detail. Write about why she might have made the decision to stay with Tenar.

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