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

2. After Eusa splits the Littl Man in the written story, what do the dogs tell Eusa?
(a) The land will die, people will eat one another, water will be poison, and the people will drink blood.
(b) Mr. Clevver will reward him greatly.
(c) He will build even more machines.
(d) He will have more power than anyone can imagine.

3. What is the first thing Riddley talked about when he began his reveal?
(a) Eusa's head.
(b) Mr. Clevver.
(c) The black cloth with smoke and flames behind Eusa.
(d) Littl Shyning Man.

4. In the Goodparley/Orfing Eusa show, what part of his body does Eusa say is missing?
(a) His hands.
(b) His leg.
(c) His arm.
(d) His head.

5. What would Riddley like to do with the hide of the dog that he killed?
(a) Make a hood with the dog's teeth all around it.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Give it to Lorna.
(d) Make it into a coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorna say happened to the air boats?

2. What does Eusa do with all his knowledge in the Goodparley/Orfing show?

3. At the digging why didn't the "littl witey bloak" want the girt big thing?

4. What reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?

5. How did the man and woman in Lorna's story get the 1st knowing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lorna talk about in her tel at Brooder's cremation?

3. At the beginning of the novel, why do you think Riddley Walker says, "Your turn now my turn later"?

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

5. Why did Riddley climb the big iron thing after his father died?

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

7. How did people treat Riddley after his father's cremation?

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

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

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

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