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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the narrator of the story?
(a) He is twenty-one today.
(b) He is twelve years old.
(c) He is eighteen today.
(d) He is sixteen years old.

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

3. Why is the albino at the digging?
(a) He came to pay his respects to Riddley.
(b) He came to put on a Eusa show.
(c) He wanted to be sure the big thing was broken up properly.
(d) He needed timber cut for a project he was building at Widders Dump.

4. Who was following the narrator and his companions on the day the novel begins?
(a) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(b) The chard coal burners.
(c) The narrator's best friend.
(d) The narrator's father.

5. What happened when the man and woman in Lorna's story looked into the eyes of a goat?
(a) They couldn not build fire any more.
(b) They got cleverness.
(c) They lost the dog.
(d) They had children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first thing the narrator does in Chapter 1?

3. After the fire, how does everyone look at Riddley?

4. What is the usual procedure for getting large objects out of holes?

5. On the day the men try to lift the object from the hole intact, what three things does Riddley try to connect?

(see the answer key)

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