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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that the Littl Shyning can be put back together the night after Brooder dies?

2. When Eusa finds a stag, why won't it run from him in the written Eusa story?

3. What does Lorna say that Brooder was connected to?

4. How old is the albino?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the written Eusa story, what was life like when Mr. Clevver was Big Man of Inland?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the person that Chalker Marchman was talking to when Riddley and the crew get to the digging on their second work day.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 14, Goodparley compares events in Riddley's life to the Fools Circel 9wys. How does Goodparley relate each line to something that has happened to Riddley? What put Fools Circel 9wys in the air? How does the children's game relate to Eusa? How has Goodparley been roading in that circle? Why is the game such an important part of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Explore how the knowledge of how to produce gunpowder was preserved by the coal burners and the dyers. Why does it take everyone so long to realize that the coal burners and dyers have the knowledge? How does finding the yeller stones bring all the knowledge together? Now that the the knowledge is out in the open, will more and more people learn how to make gunpowder?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, there are references to Aunty. What does Aunty represent? What are different ways that characters in the novel meet Aunty? Are there any ways to successfully avoid Aunty? Are there examples of people who avoided Aunty? If so, what happened to them? Why do you think the term Aunty is used by the author?

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