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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do the narrator and his companions pass as they walk by with their prize on the first day of the novel?
(a) The Hart of the Wood.
(b) A clever looking bloke.
(c) A man, woman, and child.
(d) The chard coal burners.

2. When does the narrator's story in Chapter 1 take place?
(a) Before the bad time.
(b) After the bad time.
(c) The day the narrator was born.
(d) Three days before the novel begins.

3. The night Riddley's father dies, who starts a fire?
(a) The children of the village.
(b) Riddley, Straiter Empy, Reckman Bessup, and Lorna Elswint.
(c) The people of Widders Dump.
(d) The women of the village.

4. What happened when the people in Lorna's story put in the 1 Big 1?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The machine quit working.
(c) A flash of light and then endless night.
(d) Eternal daylight.

5. What happens when Riddley tries to get Lissener to quit talking the first night they are together?
(a) Lissener has an epileptic fit.
(b) Lissener stomps off without Riddley.
(c) The hevvys hear Riddley and Lissener.
(d) Lissener sits down and refuses to move.

Short Answer Questions

1. What huge traveling party arrives at Widders Dump the day after Brooder dies?

2. Who was waiting for Riddley the morning after his first connexion?

3. What does Riddley share with those who come to his shelter in Chapter 7?

4. Was it really the Littl Man who took Eusa's wife?

5. As Riddley travels, he thinks of a story to write down later. What is the name of the story?

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