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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems strange to Riddley as they reach Fork Stone for the first time?
(a) That there are no people.
(b) All the debris and rubble.
(c) That the dogs are still following.
(d) This is the place Riddley played as a child.

2. After Durster's mishap the previous day, what do Riddley and the work crew feel as they set off toward Widders Dump?
(a) He is wishing he did not have to work.
(b) He is tired and having trouble keeping up with the group.
(c) Glad to be working again.
(d) Everyone is on the alert and waiting for something.

3. 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) Belnot Phist.
(b) Goodparley and Orfing.
(c) Nimbel Potter and the other kids.
(d) Bernt Arse Pack.

4. What do Riddley and Lissener find as they walk closer to the center?
(a) Orfing.
(b) Big, broken machines.
(c) Goodparley.
(d) Six hevvys.

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

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

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

8. Who did Riddley eat breakfast with after his connexion?
(a) Nimbel Potter.
(b) No one, he ate alone.
(c) Straiter Empy.
(d) Lorna and Fister Crunchman.

9. How does Riddley get something to eat as he travels?
(a) He doesn't get anything to eat, and he goes hungry.
(b) He finds food someone has left.
(c) He had some food with him.
(d) The dogs bring him food.

10. Who comes to lead Riddley when he runs away from the work site?
(a) Lorna Elswint.
(b) The black dog.
(c) Belnot Phist.
(d) Goodparley.

11. Who do Riddley and Goodparley go to see after they leave Fork Stone?
(a) Lorna Elswint.
(b) Eusa folk.
(c) The dead man in the boat.
(d) Granser.

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

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

14. Where does Riddley hide the yellerboy stone?
(a) In an abandoned shelter.
(b) In Goodparley's pocket.
(c) In Lissener's pocket.
(d) In the fit up.

15. Who leaves with Orfing and Riddley after the show at Weaping Form?
(a) Rightway Flinter, Deaper, and their families.
(b) Easyer leaves with them.
(c) Rightway Flinter leaves with them.
(d) The hevvys leave with them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On Riddley's fourth work day at the diggings, what does he find?

3. What do Riddley and Lissener talk about as they walk on their first evening together?

4. Who wants Riddley to hand over the item that he finds in the hole?

5. What does Riddley learn that he and Goodparley share?

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