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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who dies in the village the same day that the men are trying to remove the object from the hole?
(a) Riddley's mother.
(b) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(c) Lorna Elswint.
(d) A baby.

3. 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.

4. At the end of Lorna's story, what happens to the dog during the full moon?
(a) He howls at the moon.
(b) He finds a mate.
(c) He becomes less wild.
(d) He goes mad and hurts people if he catches them.

5. In the story told by Lorna in Chapter 3, what things have shape?
(a) The ground.
(b) Everything, even the night.
(c) Everything, except the night.
(d) People and animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does the narrator tell in Chapter 1?

2. What story does Lorna tell the same day that Riddley's father died?

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

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

5. What is the 1st knowing that Lorna refers to?

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