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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Riddley's father when he died?
(a) Fifty-two years old.
(b) Twenty-nine years old.
(c) Thirty-nine years old.
(d) Thirty-three years old.

2. Why has a large traveling party come to Widders Dump?
(a) To do a Eusa show.
(b) To help with a building project at Widders Dump.
(c) To inspect the digging.
(d) To help break up the big thing.

3. Where does Riddley go to get his scar?
(a) Widders Dump.
(b) Lorna Elswint's shelter.
(c) His shelter.
(d) Divvy roof.

4. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Reckman Bessup.
(b) Brooder Walker.
(c) Riddley Walker.
(d) Fister Crunchman.

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

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

7. What is the weather like the night after the burning?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Clear, but warm.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Clear, but cold.

8. What does Riddley share with those who come to his shelter in Chapter 7?
(a) Meat.
(b) Bread.
(c) Hash.
(d) Nothing.

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

10. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?
(a) Lorna Elswint, an old tel woman.
(b) Littl 2way Digman.
(c) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(d) The chard coal burners.

11. Why does Riddley begin to tell the Eusa story from the time he was 7 or 8?
(a) To compare Eusa stories.
(b) The people of Hows Fent asked him to.
(c) To show his dad's style.
(d) To talk about Littl Salting.

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

13. What does Goodparley want Riddley to tell after they share the wotcher?
(a) The story of killing the boar.
(b) Eusa 31.
(c) The story Lorna told Riddley.
(d) The story of how his father died.

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

15. Why does Riddley go outside after the Goodparley/ Orfing Eusa show?
(a) He wanted to talk to Lorna Elswint.
(b) He wanted his own silence.
(c) One of the kids was acting up and Riddley took him outside.
(d) He was hot and wanted to cool off.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Goodparley and Orfing finish the show, what does Durster Potter say to Riddley?

2. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?

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

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

5. In the written Eusa story, what happened when there was knowledge and Eusa was working for Mr. Clevver?

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