THE SEARCH FOR DELICIOUS

1. Q. What conflict is the reason for Gaylen's mission?

A. Hemlock puts a walnut in Gaylen's apple

B. Gaylen's parents leave him at the castle
C. An argument over what food is most delicious
D. Gaylen and the Prime Minster argue about chores

2. How do most people in the towns treat Gaylen?

A. with anger
B. with fear
C. with honor
D. with jealousy

3. What part of the world belongs to the woldwellers?

A. the water
B. the skies
C. the ground
D. the trees

4. How does Gaylen view people when he begins his journey?

A. As selfish creatures
B. As kind creatures
C. As angry creatures
D. As hopeful creatures

5. What is NOT a part of Hemlock's plan?

A. To build a dam to stop the water from getting to the people

B. to spread rumors that the king is starting a war with the poll
C. To make people kill the king and make him king
D. To poison the kingdom

6. What literary device compares two things using a "like" or "as?"

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
 D. personification

7. What is Gaylen's mission?

A. To complete the dictionary

B. To start a war
C. To meet all the mythical creatures
D. To poll all the people in the kingdom

8. How does Gaylen view people near the end of the story? (more than one answer needed)

A. selfish
B. foolish
C. destructive
D. helpful

9. Why is the minstrel's key important?

A. It opens the dwarves' cave

B. It opens the castle tower
C. It belonged to Gaylen's mother
D. It is the whistle that opens the spring door

10. What mistake does Gaylen make when asking Ardis for help?

A. He doesn't remember her name

B. He loses the whistle
C. He agrees to give her the whistle before she breaks the dam
D. He gives her the whistle without asking her to break the dam

11. Why is Gaylen so sad when he meets the winds?

A. He doesn't know where he belongs

B. He misses his parents
C. He wants to see the winds but he can't
D. He lost Marrow

12. Why can't Gaylen send a message to the Prime Minister to warn him about Hemlock?

A. He ran out of paper to write a message

B. He can't find a pencil
 C. He is too angry that the Prime Minster hasn't come to get him
D. Hemlock's men kill the cockatoo

13. What is the climax of this story?

A. When Gaylen returns to the castle

B. When Hemlock orders the king to be killed
C. When Gaylen figures out the key is a whistle
D. When Hemlock finishes the dam

14. What literary device gives an object human characteristics?

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. personification

15. What literary device compares two things without using a "like" or "as?"

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. personification

16. What is NOT true of Gaylen's adult life?

A. He married Medley
B. He has a daughter
C. He becomes Prime Minister
D. He visits mythical creatures

17. How is the main conflict of the story resolved?

A. The dam breaks before anyone acts on Hemlock's demands

B. The king's army wins the war
C. Hemlock's army wins the war
D. Gaylen gives Ardis back her whistle

18. Where does Gaylen decide he belongs?

A. with the woldweller

B. with the dwarves
C. with Ardis
D. with humans
19. What literary device uses a word that resembles a sound?

A. metaphor
B. simile
C. onomatopoeia
D. personification

20. Which character traits does Gaylen demonstrate?

A. Bravery
B. Compassion
C. Perseverance
D. Foolishness

21. What is the woldweller's favorite food?

A. apples
B. chocolate
C. chicken
D. rabbit

22. Why does the minstrel give Gaylen the key?

A. So he can unlock a secret room in the castle

B. As a good luck charm
C. So he can help Ardis open the spring door
D. So he can recognize Gaylen when he grows up

23. What do the dwarves do in exchange for apples?

A. make Marrow a new shoe

B. clean the key
C. make a new whistle
D. give Gaylen food and a place to sleep

24. Which humans help Gaylen?

A. the king
B. Veto
C. the shephard boy
D. Mrs. Copse