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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What story does the narrator tell in Chapter 1?
(a) The story of his mother's death.
(b) The Hart of the Wood.
(c) His birth story.
(d) The Eusa story.

2. Who do the narrator and his companions pass as they walk by with their prize on the first day of the novel?
(a) The chard coal burners.
(b) The Hart of the Wood.
(c) A clever looking bloke.
(d) A man, woman, and child.

3. What is Eusa's project in the Goodparley/Orfing show?
(a) Good Time.
(b) 1 Big 1.
(c) Create an air ship.
(d) Make a new head.

4. Riddley tells a story from when he was 7 or 8. What happened to Littl Salting when Riddley was young?
(a) They were forced to leave by the Big 2.
(b) It was flooded out.
(c) Taken over by Dog Et Form.
(d) Their crops didn't grow.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was following the narrator and his companions on the day the novel begins?

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

5. What do Goodparley & Orfing do after their Eusa show?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the wotcher, Goodparley tells Riddley that there's a time for everything and that the time for moving crowds is past. What is Goodparley referring to?

2. After the Goodparley/Orfing show, what do people do?

3. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, what does Eusa do in the "time back."

4. What is the story "Why the Dog Wont Show Its Eyes" about?

5. During the wotcher, Goodparley tells Riddley that he is looking for something. What is Goodparley looking for and why?

6. Describe the game the children play after Riddley kills the boar.

7. After Riddley's father dies, what do Riddley and the other men hear coming from Widders Dump?

8. At the time Riddley's father was killed, what did Riddley know about dogs killing people?

9. What are the rituals that are followed with Brooder Walker's body?

10. Goodparley and Orfing do a wotcher with Riddley. Describe the ritual.

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