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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the villagers join hands around a fire?
(a) To pray for a good harvest.
(b) To pray for protection from bad luck.
(c) To talk about Brooder's life.
(d) To celebrate the killing of the dog.

2. What huge traveling party arrives at Widders Dump the day after Brooder dies?
(a) Abel Goodparley and Erny Orfing, the Pry Mincer and Wes Mincer.
(b) Belnot Phist and Chalker Marchman.
(c) Straiter Empy.
(d) Mr. Clevvers.

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

4. What is the first thing the narrator does in Chapter 1?
(a) Kills a wild boar.
(b) Talks to an old woman.
(c) Kills a deer.
(d) Goes for a walk.

5. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?
(a) Littl 2way Digman.
(b) The chard coal burners.
(c) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(d) Lorna Elswint, an old tel woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the three people in the narrator's story?

2. Why is the albino at the digging?

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

4. Where did the people of the village put the head of the dog that Riddley killed?

5. Who was following the narrator and his companions on the day the novel begins?

(see the answer key)

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