View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Eusa's wife after he split the atom?
(a) Mr. Clevver killed her.
(b) She left him.
(c) Men on a boat took her.
(d) She died.

2. What is the name of the place that Riddley lives?
(a) How Fents.
(b) Bernt Arse.
(c) Cambry.
(d) Bundel Downs.

3. 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 from drowning when he was 8.
(d) She died of coughing sickness when he was 5.

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) They freeze to death.
(c) They are struck by lighting.
(d) The child is killed and eaten and the parents are burned by fire.

5. What was the reaction to Brooder's connexion for the Eusa story Riddley remembers from childhood?
(a) Some people wanted a new connexion man.
(b) Goodparley and Orfing came back.
(c) The group moved from Crippel the Farn and came to How Fents.
(d) Some people left the community.

6. What color are Eusa's eyes in the Goodparley/Orfing show?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) He doesn't have eyes, just holes where eyes should be.
(d) Brown.

7. What did the leader of the group that was following the narrator look like?
(a) He was a big black and red spotted dog.
(b) He was a small, deformed lion.
(c) He was a small, but powerful, man.
(d) He was a tall, heavily built man.

8. How are Eusa shows traditionally introduced?
(a) The kids sing.
(b) Orfing talks to the crowd.
(c) Lorna Elswint sings.
(d) Riddley and the crowd repeat lines about the show.

9. Who are the characters in the story Riddley remembers from his 7th or 8th year?
(a) Eusa, salting bloak, Littl Shyning Man, and Mr. Clevver.
(b) Punch and Pooty.
(c) Eusa and Mr. Clevver.
(d) Folleree and Folleroo.

10. The night after Brooder dies, who says he has been looking for the Littl Shyning Man?
(a) Goodparley.
(b) Lorna Elswint.
(c) Riddley.
(d) Orfing.

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

12. What did the people of the village sing around the fire on the evening Brooder Walker died?
(a) Savering Gallack Seas.
(b) An unkown funeral dirge.
(c) Ode to Master Chaynjis.
(d) They didn't sing, they were too sad.

13. When Lorna finishes her story, who does Riddley say he always thought was responsible for the 1 Big 1?
(a) The devil.
(b) God.
(c) Eusa.
(d) Master Chaynjis.

14. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?
(a) That it be left alone.
(b) Have it buried.
(c) Try to lift it out of the hole.
(d) Break it up and melt it down.

15. What does Riddley think when he first sees the Eusa puppet during the Goodparley/Orfing show?
(a) How his scar hurts.
(b) This is a different puppet than usual.
(c) Eusa has no eyes.
(d) That thing with no name that looks out through people's eye holes

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't the people in Lorna's story get any rest after they obtained the 2nd knowledge?

2. What happened when the object fell that the men were trying to get out of the hole intact?

3. What time does Goodparley say is past the day after Brooder dies?

4. Who says that the Littl Shyning can be put back together the night after Brooder dies?

5. What reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 660 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample