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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Riddley get a scar?
(a) His arm.
(b) His belly.
(c) His back.
(d) His forehead.

4. Why does the narrator decide to write his story?
(a) An old woman ask him to write his story.
(b) He likes to tell stories.
(c) His father asks him to write his story.
(d) Thinking about a thing that is inside of every person and what it might be.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Riddley say as the villagers stood around the fire the evening his father died?

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

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