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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. Why does Riddley have to get a scar?
(a) Because he killed the boar.
(b) Because his father died.
(c) Because he is becoming a man.
(d) It is part of being a connexion man.

2. in Lorna's story, how did the man and woman's lives change after they got the 1st knowing?
(a) They built a large boat.
(b) They stopped wandering, settled down, raised animals, and grew crops.
(c) They foraged with the dog.
(d) They made tents and wandered even more than they had before.

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

4. When Eusa finds a stag, why won't it run from him in the written Eusa story?
(a) The stag told him that nothing will run from Eusa anymore, but soon Eusa will run from everything.
(b) The stag is hurt.
(c) The stag is tied to a tree.
(d) The stag is caught in a trap.

5. What did the people of the village sing around the fire on the evening Brooder Walker died?
(a) They didn't sing, they were too sad.
(b) An unkown funeral dirge.
(c) Ode to Master Chaynjis.
(d) Savering Gallack Seas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was it really the Littl Man who took Eusa's wife?

2. In the written Eusa story, what happened when there was knowledge and Eusa was working for Mr. Clevver?

3. Where did the people of the village put the head of the dog that Riddley killed?

4. When does the narrator's story in Chapter 1 take place?

5. After splitting the atom, Eusa continues to see the Littl Man. How can Eusa get away from the Littl Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the written Eusa story after Eusa runs the numbers through the Power Ring?

4. Why does Orfing call Eusa back after Eusa says the show is done?

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

6. After hearing the story "Why the Dog Wont Show Its Eyes," it appears that it was not Eusa who made the 1 Big 1. In the story, who made the 1 Big 1?

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

8. Why are the children playing Black Pack at the beginning of Chapter 3?

9. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, what does Mr. Clevver do?

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

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