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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why couldn't the people in Lorna's story get any rest after they obtained the 2nd knowledge?
(a) They were always fishing.
(b) They were always harvesting crops.
(c) They were always reading books.
(d) They were always counting.

2. What happened three days after Riddley's naming day?
(a) Riddley's father dies.
(b) Riddley goes to work with the chard coal burners.
(c) Riddley runs away from home.
(d) Riddley's mother dies.

3. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?
(a) Try to lift it out of the hole.
(b) That it be left alone.
(c) Have it buried.
(d) Break it up and melt it down.

4. Who was at the digging in Chapter 5 when Riddley arrived?
(a) Nimbel Potter.
(b) The Bernt Arse Pack.
(c) Lorna Elswint.
(d) Chalker Marchman and an albino.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story told by Lorna in Chapter 3, what things have shape?

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

3. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?

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

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

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