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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What three things does Lorna talk about on the evening Riddley's father died?
(a) Three stories about Eusa.
(b) Brooder's death, the baby's death, and the dog's death.
(c) Three stories about Master Chaynjis.
(d) Three villages that are threatened by wild dogs.

3. After the fire, how does everyone look at Riddley?
(a) They shun him.
(b) Differently, winking, dodging their heads, or giving him the thumbs up.
(c) They make him leave How Fents.
(d) They call him names.

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

5. After Eusa splits the Littl Man in the written story, what do the dogs tell Eusa?
(a) He will have more power than anyone can imagine.
(b) The land will die, people will eat one another, water will be poison, and the people will drink blood.
(c) He will build even more machines.
(d) Mr. Clevver will reward him greatly.

6. How old is the narrator of the story?
(a) He is twelve years old.
(b) He is sixteen years old.
(c) He is twenty-one today.
(d) He is eighteen today.

7. The night after Riddley gets his scar, who does the asking with Riddley?
(a) Straiter Empy.
(b) Orfing.
(c) Goodparley.
(d) Lorna Elswint.

8. The day after he gets his scar, what does Riddley do?
(a) Went to work.
(b) Went to Widders Dump.
(c) Slept all day.
(d) Dig in his head for his connexion.

9. How does Lorna describe the dog that Riddley killed?
(a) Brown in color and blind in one eye.
(b) Strong and healthy.
(c) Old and worn out.
(d) Small, but strong.

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

11. What story does Lorna tell the same day that Riddley's father died?
(a) Why the Dog Hates People.
(b) Why the Dog Kills People.
(c) Why the Dog Hates Night.
(d) Why the Dog Won't Show It's Eyes.

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

13. Why was everyone left hanging when Riddley did his first connexion?
(a) Riddley went into a trance.
(b) Riddley was too nervous to speak.
(c) The people of Hows Fent would not let him talk.
(d) Riddley did not have a good connexion.

14. In the official Eusa story, who does Eusa take with him when searches for what Mr. Clevver wants?
(a) Folleree & Folleroo.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His sons.
(d) His wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The night after Brooder dies, who says he has been looking for the Littl Shyning Man?

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

3. What do the people need in the story the narrator tells in Chapter 1?

4. Why do the villagers join hands around a fire?

5. What do the people in the narrator's story do to get what they need?

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