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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Durster say to anger Riddley at the diggings?
(a) That Riddley's father has become a dog.
(b) That Riddley was an idiot the night before.
(c) That Riddley needs to work harder.
(d) That Riddley should not be connexion man.

2. Who does Riddley meet near Good Mercy Form?
(a) Granser/Drop John the Foller Man.
(b) Orfing.
(c) Goodparley.
(d) Lorna Elswint.

3. Who was waiting for Riddley the morning after his first connexion?
(a) Lorna Elswint.
(b) Fister Crunchman.
(c) Straiter Empy.
(d) Nimbel Potter and the other children.

4. What time of day was it when Riddley left the dead town after running away from the work group?
(a) The next afternoon.
(b) In the morning.
(c) When it was so dark you could not even see the hand on the end of your arm.
(d) At sunset.

5. As Riddley and Lissener come to the sea, what do they find?
(a) They don't find anything.
(b) They find Goodparley.
(c) A boat with a dead man.
(d) They find Belnot Phist.

6. The day after his connexion, Riddley walks ahead of the work crew. Who does he meet in the path?
(a) Durster Potter.
(b) Goodparley.
(c) The black dog leader.
(d) Orfing.

7. Riddley heads to the diggings for a third time. Who comes out of the woodlings as Riddley and the men head off to Widders Dump?
(a) Bernt Arse Pack.
(b) Belnot Phist.
(c) Goodparley and Orfing.
(d) Nimbel Potter and the other kids.

8. When Riddley packs the fit up, what does he find in two bags?
(a) More yellerboy stones.
(b) The script for the Eusa show.
(c) Two set of figures, one for the Eusa show and one for the Punch show.
(d) Greanvine.

9. What drew Lissener to the boat that he and Riddley found?
(a) The noise of the sea.
(b) Little bag of little crummly stoans.
(c) The sound of the hevvys working.
(d) The sound of singing.

10. As Riddley walks alone toward Widders Dump, who does he hear talking?
(a) Goodparley and Orfing.
(b) Belnot Fist.
(c) Fister Crunchman and Straiter Empy.
(d) Some of the hevvys.

11. What makes Riddley cry as he and Lessener walk from Fork Stone toward Cambry?
(a) He knows he and Lessener will have to go different ways.
(b) He is missing his friends from Hows Fent.
(c) He is remembering things from when he was a child.
(d) He is thinking about his father.

12. As Riddley travels, he thinks of a story to write down later. What is the name of the story?
(a) The Bloke as Got on Top of Aunty.
(b) Fools Circel 9ways.
(c) The story of his first connexion.
(d) The Eusa Story.

13. Where did Riddley sit for breakfast the morning after his connexion?
(a) He didn't sit, he grabbed something to eat and went outside.
(b) His usual place.
(c) At the top table.
(d) With the other young men his age.

14. What did the work crew find in the hole the morning after Durster's mishap?
(a) A different type of metal.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) More iron.
(d) Body parts.

15. What is the first story Goodparley tells Riddley after Riddley is caught climbing into Widder's Dump?
(a) The end of Eusa.
(b) About Goodparley's childhood.
(c) The story of Drop John the Foller Man.
(d) The Punch story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Lissener want to program anything after he and Riddley leave Fork Stone?

2. How does Riddley get over the wall at Widders Dump when he returns after leaving Lissener?

3. Who comes to lead Riddley when he runs away from the work site?

4. As Riddley gets to Cambry and feels the power there, what do the dogs do?

5. Who do Riddley and Goodparley go to see after they leave Fork Stone?

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