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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Riddley's mother die and how old was he when she died?
(a) She died in childbirth when he was born.
(b) She died of coughing sickness when he was 5.
(c) She died from drowning when he was 8.
(d) She died in a fire when he was 5.

2. What is the usual procedure for getting large objects out of holes?
(a) Drop large rocks from a crane and break the object into pieces.
(b) Lift the object out using all the strong men on the work crew.
(c) If the object was really large, they simply had to leave it in the hole.
(d) Men would get in the hole with pick axes and break the object apart.

3. What happened three days after Riddley's naming day?
(a) Riddley's father dies.
(b) Riddley goes to work with the chard coal burners.
(c) Riddley runs away from home.
(d) Riddley's mother dies.

4. When the work crew returns to How Fents after Potter's mishap, what does Littl Nimbel Potter do when he sees Riddley?
(a) Makes the Bad Luck go a way sign.
(b) He calls Riddley names.
(c) Begins singing with the other kids.
(d) He runs away.

5. What have the little kids been doing while Riddley was scared?
(a) Eating their dinners.
(b) Getting ready for bed.
(c) Singing in the rain.
(d) Creeping in and out of the fit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Riddley say as the villagers stood around the fire the evening his father died?

2. Riddley heads to the diggings for a third time. Who comes out of the woodlings as Riddley and the men head off to Widders Dump?

3. In the official Eusa story, who does Eusa take with him when searches for what Mr. Clevver wants?

4. Who dies in the village the same day that the men are trying to remove the object from the hole?

5. What happened when the object fell that the men were trying to get out of the hole intact?

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