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

2. What did the leader of the group that was following the narrator look like?
(a) He was a small, deformed lion.
(b) He was a small, but powerful, man.
(c) He was a big black and red spotted dog.
(d) He was a tall, heavily built man.

3. What do the people need in the story the narrator tells in Chapter 1?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Milk.
(c) Food.
(d) Fire.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the place that Riddley lives?

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

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

5. How old is the narrator of the story?

(see the answer key)

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