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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. Who comes for the wotcher, the night after the burning?
2. Who is the albino at the digging?
3. What is the narrator's name?
4. How did the man and woman in Lorna's story get the 1st knowing?
5. What do the people in the narrator's story do to get what they need?
Short Essay Questions
1. Before Riddley does his first reveal, he tells about a Eusa show when he was 7 or 8. Describe the story in that Eusa show.
2. Goodparley and Orfing show up at Widders Dump to do a show. What does Riddley say about these men?
3. What does Riddley do with the dog he kills?
4. What did Riddley's father used to say about looking for a reveal?
5. What is the song that is sung at Brooder's cremation and what does it mean?
6. At the beginning of the novel, why do you think Riddley Walker says, "Your turn now my turn later"?
7. After Riddley's father dies, what do Riddley and the other men hear coming from Widders Dump?
8. In the written Eusa story, what was life like when Mr. Clevver was Big Man of Inland?
9. What happens in the written Eusa story after Eusa runs the numbers through the Power Ring?
10. At the time Riddley's father was killed, what did Riddley know about dogs killing people?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Riddley releases Lissener from the hole, Lissener relates the children's game Fools Circle 9wys to himself. What is Lissener's title? What does the children's game Fools Circel 9wys have to do with Lissener? Why would Goodparley or anyone else want to put Lissener's head on a pole?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 15, Riddley sees a drawing of Goodparley with the words Hoap of a Tree. Then later when Riddley finds Goodparley hung by his arms, Riddley asks if this is the Hoap of the Tree. Orfing says that it is. What is the significance of referring to Goodparley as the Hoap of the Tree? What is the Hoap of the Tree? Why is Goodparley compared to the Hoap of a Tree?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, things often happen in threes. Write about different times when things happen in threes. What is the significance of the number three? Are the groups of three things always bad, a mixture of good and bad, or always good?
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