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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. in Lorna's story, how did the man and woman's lives change after they got the 1st knowing?
(a) They built a large boat.
(b) They made tents and wandered even more than they had before.
(c) They foraged with the dog.
(d) They stopped wandering, settled down, raised animals, and grew crops.

2. What position will Riddley hold in his village now that his father is dead?
(a) The nindicater.
(b) Witch doctor.
(c) Tribe leader.
(d) Connexion man.

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

4. Where did the people of the village put the head of the dog that Riddley killed?
(a) They buried the dog.
(b) On a spike outside the village fence.
(c) They threw him into the woods.
(d) On a pole on top of the gate house.

5. How old was Riddley's father when he died?
(a) Thirty-three years old.
(b) Thirty-nine years old.
(c) Fifty-two years old.
(d) Twenty-nine years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. The night Riddley's father dies, who starts a fire?

2. After the people in Lorna's story had the 1st knowing for a while what did they begin to wonder?

3. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?

4. At the end of Lorna's story, what happens to the dog during the full moon?

5. What do the people in the narrator's story do to get what they need?

(see the answer key)

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