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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Goodparley and Orfing finish the show, what does Durster Potter say to Riddley?
(a) Wouldn't want to be out this night on the other side of the fence.
(b) That Goodparley and Orfing wanted to talk with Riddley.
(c) That he needed to go back in to talk with Lorna.
(d) Congratulations.

3. What is the usual procedure for getting large objects out of holes?
(a) Drop large rocks from a crane and break the object into pieces.
(b) Men would get in the hole with pick axes and break the object apart.
(c) If the object was really large, they simply had to leave it in the hole.
(d) Lift the object out using all the strong men on the work crew.

4. At the end of Lorna's story, what happens to the dog during the full moon?
(a) He howls at the moon.
(b) He finds a mate.
(c) He becomes less wild.
(d) He goes mad and hurts people if he catches them.

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

6. After he splits the atom, why doesn't Eusa know how many changes there are to come?
(a) The Little Man won't tell him.
(b) The writing with the numbers was destroyed.
(c) Eusa's wife had the information with her.
(d) He never knew how many changes there would be.

7. 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) Some people left the community.
(c) The group moved from Crippel the Farn and came to How Fents.
(d) Goodparley and Orfing came back.

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

9. In the written Eusa story, who was the Big Man?
(a) Folleree.
(b) Mr. Clevver.
(c) Eusa.
(d) Littl Shinynin Man.

10. What would Riddley like to do with the hide of the dog that he killed?
(a) Make a hood with the dog's teeth all around it.
(b) Give it to Lorna.
(c) Burn it.
(d) Make it into a coat.

11. Who runs on Riddley's knife the day the men try to lift the object from the hole intact?
(a) Lorna Elswint.
(b) Riddley's father.
(c) The Hart of the Wood.
(d) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.

12. Where did the people of the village put the head of the dog that Riddley killed?
(a) On a spike outside the village fence.
(b) They threw him into the woods.
(c) On a pole on top of the gate house.
(d) They buried the dog.

13. What does Lorna say happened to the air boats?
(a) They ran out of fuel after the 1 Big 1.
(b) People sabotaged them.
(c) They were destroyed in the 1 Big 1.
(d) They got to space stations and the people on them died.

14. What time does Goodparley say is past the day after Brooder dies?
(a) Time for the Eusa story.
(b) Time for connexions.
(c) Time for farming.
(d) Time for foraging.

15. After the fire, what does Riddley accuse Lorna of doing?
(a) Of stealing the dog's hide.
(b) Of killing the baby.
(c) Of taking his food;
(d) Of putting something on him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the place that Riddley lives?

2. In the story told by Lorna in Chapter 3, what things have shape?

3. What is the first thing Riddley talked about when he began his reveal?

4. What is the 1st knowing that Lorna refers to?

5. Why does Riddley have to get a scar?

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