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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the first thing the narrator does in Chapter 1?
(a) Kills a wild boar.
(b) Talks to an old woman.
(c) Kills a deer.
(d) Goes for a walk.

3. 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) Lorna Elswint.
(c) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(d) A baby.

4. On the day the men try to lift the object from the hole intact, what three things does Riddley try to connect?
(a) The deaths of his father, mother, and grandfather.
(b) The deaths of his father, the baby, and the dog.
(c) The crow, the baby, and the dog.
(d) Lorna's tel, the death of his father, and the death of the baby.

5. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?
(a) Lorna Elswint, an old tel woman.
(b) Littl 2way Digman.
(c) The chard coal burners.
(d) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator's story in Chapter 1 take place?

2. What is the narrator's name?

3. How did Riddley's mother die and how old was he when she died?

4. What do the people need in the story the narrator tells in Chapter 1?

5. How old was Riddley's father when he died?

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