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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. What is Stenmin?

2. What is something the Border Legion never loses during the battle?

3. What happens when Hendel tries to get Balinor out of jail?

4. What does the Wall of the North cause to men who are near it?

5. Who awakes when Shea touches the Sword of Shannara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Shea feel when he touches the Sword, and why?

5. What happens when a Skull Bearer lands with Creel at Paranor?

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

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

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

9. What happens when Creel finds the Elfstones?

10. How does Durin die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Creel kept from killing Orl Fane when he had the chance. Why did he do this, and what did this event reveal about Creel's character?

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

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?

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