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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 reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?
(a) The people were not only farming, but digging up iron from the Bad Time.
(b) The baby had a bad cold.
(c) The baby's mother was sick.
(d) The baby was killed by a wild dog.

2. Why is the albino at the digging?
(a) He came to put on a Eusa show.
(b) He came to pay his respects to Riddley.
(c) He wanted to be sure the big thing was broken up properly.
(d) He needed timber cut for a project he was building at Widders Dump.

3. After the fire, what does Riddley accuse Lorna of doing?
(a) Of taking his food;
(b) Of stealing the dog's hide.
(c) Of killing the baby.
(d) Of putting something on him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the children doing the night after the burning?

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

3. How did Riddley's mother die and how old was he when she died?

4. The night Riddley's father dies, who starts a fire?

5. Why does the narrator decide to write his story?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the second thing that happened after Brooder died?

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

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

6. Describe what happens in the story, "Hart of the Wood" that Riddley tells.

7. Why does Riddley get a scar?

8. In the written Eusa story, describe what happens when Eusa finds the Littl Shynin Man the Addom.

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

10. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, why won't Eusa come up at first?

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