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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Riddley jump the fence and run away from the work site?
(a) He did not want to work any more.
(b) He threw Belnot Phist in the mud.
(c) He got in an argument with Coxin.
(d) He got in an argument with Fister.

2. After he is cut down, what does Goodparley beg to be allowed to do with Riddley?
(a) Eusa shows.
(b) Go to Cambry.
(c) Go back to the sea.
(d) Punch shows.

3. How does the Orfing/Walker show end?
(a) Rightway Flinter and Easyers got into a fight.
(b) A baby gets eaten.
(c) Orfing and Riddley get into a fight.
(d) With a song.

4. On Riddley's fourth work day at the diggings, what does he find?
(a) Rotten food.
(b) Strange metal.
(c) A puppet with a hand in it.
(d) An old coat.

5. What does Rightway Flinter tell Orfing and Riddley when they come to do their show?
(a) He tells them to go away.
(b) That they have to pay.
(c) That they are not wanted in Weaping Form.
(d) He doesn't say anything, he shoots his bow.

6. Why doesn't Lissener want to program anything after he and Riddley leave Fork Stone?
(a) He doesn't like the plans Riddley is suggesting.
(b) He can't think of anything to do.
(c) He doesn't like to plan ahead.
(d) They didn't program anything in Fork Stone.

7. What does Riddley think about when he wakes the morning after his connexion?
(a) He doesn't remember what happened the night before.
(b) He is pleased with his first connexion.
(c) That what happened during the connexion was a dream.
(d) He makes another connexion.

8. Who does Riddley find trapped after he runs away?
(a) Lorna Elswint.
(b) The Ardship of Cambry.
(c) Orfing.
(d) Goodparley.

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

10. After Goodparley and Granser die, what does Orfing want Riddley to do?
(a) Go on the road to do shows together.
(b) Orfing wants Riddley to fight him.
(c) Orfing wants Riddley to leave.
(d) Find Greanvine.

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

12. The night of Potter's mishap, where does Riddley sleep?
(a) He slept in his shelter with Lorna.
(b) He slept in the divvy.
(c) On top of the gate house with Lorna.
(d) He slept alone in his shelter.

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

14. Who grabbed Riddley as he climbs over the fence at Widders Dump?
(a) Orfing.
(b) Fister Crunchman.
(c) Goodparley.
(d) A hevvy.

15. When Riddley gets back to Fork Stone, what is the first thing he sees?
(a) The Eusa folk wielding an ax.
(b) Orfing doing a Eusa show.
(c) Goodparley hung by his hands.
(d) Granser.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after his connexion, Riddley walks ahead of the work crew. Who does he meet in the path?

2. After Durster's mishap, what does Lorna Elswint ask Riddley about the dog he saw?

3. What happens to Durster Potter on the men's third time at the diggings?

4. Riddley heads toward Cambry and then decides to turn around. What prevents him from going back to Widders Dump?

5. What seems strange to Riddley as they reach Fork Stone for the first time?

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