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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?
(a) The baby was killed by a wild dog.
(b) The people were not only farming, but digging up iron from the Bad Time.
(c) The baby's mother was sick.
(d) The baby had a bad cold.

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

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

4. When Lorna finishes her story, who does Riddley say he always thought was responsible for the 1 Big 1?
(a) The devil.
(b) Eusa.
(c) Master Chaynjis.
(d) God.

5. 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 foraged with the dog.
(c) They stopped wandering, settled down, raised animals, and grew crops.
(d) They made tents and wandered even more than they had before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the people in Lorna's story put in the 1 Big 1?

2. Who do the narrator and his companions pass as they walk by with their prize on the first day of the novel?

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

4. How old is the narrator of the story?

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

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