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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 crow, the baby, and the dog.
(c) The deaths of his father, the baby, and the dog.
(d) Lorna's tel, the death of his father, and the death of the baby.

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) Have it buried.
(c) That it be left alone.
(d) Break it up and melt it down.

4. How did Riddley's mother die and how old was he when she died?
(a) She died in childbirth when he was born.
(b) She died of coughing sickness when he was 5.
(c) She died in a fire when he was 5.
(d) She died from drowning when he was 8.

5. How old is the albino?
(a) Thirty-two.
(b) Fifty-five.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the narrator and his companions pass as they walk by with their prize on the first day of the novel?

2. Why is the fire made on the night Brooder dies?

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

4. The night Riddley's father dies, who starts a fire?

5. What would Riddley like to do with the hide of the dog that he killed?

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