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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. Who are the characters in the story Riddley remembers from his 7th or 8th year?
(a) Folleree and Folleroo.
(b) Eusa, salting bloak, Littl Shyning Man, and Mr. Clevver.
(c) Punch and Pooty.
(d) Eusa and Mr. Clevver.

2. After he splits the atom, why doesn't Eusa know how many changes there are to come?
(a) Eusa's wife had the information with her.
(b) He never knew how many changes there would be.
(c) The writing with the numbers was destroyed.
(d) The Little Man won't tell him.

3. What happened when the people in Lorna's story put in the 1 Big 1?
(a) Eternal daylight.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A flash of light and then endless night.
(d) The machine quit working.

4. Who follows Riddley and the other men to Widders Dump the day after his father's death?
(a) The children from How Fents.
(b) Bernt Arse Pack.
(c) Lorna Elswint.
(d) Rockman Bessup.

5. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?
(a) That it be left alone.
(b) Have it buried.
(c) Break it up and melt it down.
(d) Try to lift it out of the hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual procedure for getting large objects out of holes?

2. Why does Riddley go outside after the Goodparley/ Orfing Eusa show?

3. Why has a large traveling party come to Widders Dump?

4. How old is the narrator of the story?

5. What huge traveling party arrives at Widders Dump the day after Brooder dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Riddley upset when he is working to break up the big thing that killed his father?

4. Describe Riddley's first connexion.

5. What does Riddley do with the dog he kills?

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

7. Goodparley and Orfing show up at Widders Dump to do a show. What does Riddley say about these men?

8. What happened three days after Riddley's naming day?

9. In the written Eusa story, Eusa sees the Littl Shynin Man after the 1 Big 1 is released. What does the Littl Man tell Eusa?

10. What did Riddley's father used to say about looking for a reveal?

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