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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Durster say to anger Riddley at the diggings?
(a) That Riddley's father has become a dog.
(b) That Riddley was an idiot the night before.
(c) That Riddley needs to work harder.
(d) That Riddley should not be connexion man.

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

3. What happened when the object fell that the men were trying to get out of the hole intact?
(a) A man broke his back.
(b) Riddley broke his arm.
(c) One of the men broke his leg.
(d) Riddley's father died.

4. Who yelled "Fall! Fall! Fall!" while the men were trying to pull the large object out of the hole intact?
(a) Chalker Marchman.
(b) Riddley.
(c) A crow.
(d) Brooder Walker.

5. What does Riddley think about when he wakes the morning after his connexion?
(a) He doesn't remember what happened the night before.
(b) That what happened during the connexion was a dream.
(c) He makes another connexion.
(d) He is pleased with his first connexion.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What was the weather like when Riddley woke the morning after his connexion?

3. What did the people of the village sing around the fire on the evening Brooder Walker died?

4. What happens to Durster Potter on the men's third time at the diggings?

5. In the written Eusa Story, what does Mr. Clevver want Eusa to find?

(see the answer key)

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