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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to lead Riddley when he runs away from the work site?
(a) Belnot Phist.
(b) Lorna Elswint.
(c) Goodparley.
(d) The black dog.

2. How did the man and woman in Lorna's story get the 1st knowing?
(a) They looked into the dog's eyes during a full moon.
(b) They looked into a goat's eyes.
(c) They looked into the fire.
(d) They looked into each others eyes.

3. What was the weather like when Riddley woke the morning after his connexion?
(a) It was still raining.
(b) Sky was heavy and grey, and it was still with no wind.
(c) It was cold and slightly cloudy.
(d) The sun was shining.

4. What happens to the three people in the narrator's story?
(a) The child is killed and eaten and the parents leave the next morning.
(b) The child is killed and eaten and the parents are burned by fire.
(c) They are struck by lighting.
(d) They freeze to death.

5. After the people in Lorna's story had the 1st knowing for a while what did they begin to wonder?
(a) What it would be like to look in the eyes of a deer.
(b) How to make friends with other animals.
(c) How to store food.
(d) What the 2nd, 3rd, and other knowings might be like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Riddley tells a story from when he was 7 or 8. What happened to Littl Salting when Riddley was young?

2. Who are the characters in the story Riddley remembers from his 7th or 8th year?

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

4. What time of day was it when Riddley left the dead town after running away from the work group?

5. What is Riddley thinking while he is breaking up the big thing the day after his father's death?

(see the answer key)

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