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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. in Lorna's story, how did the man and woman's lives change after they got the 1st knowing?
2. What happened three days after Riddley's naming day?
3. What does Lorna say that Brooder was connected to?
4. Why do the villagers join hands around a fire?
5. How did the man and woman in Lorna's story get the 1st knowing?
Short Essay Questions
1. Before Riddley does his first reveal, he tells about a Eusa show when he was 7 or 8. Describe the story in that Eusa show.
2. Why are the children playing Black Pack at the beginning of Chapter 3?
3. During the wotcher, Goodparley tells Riddley that there's a time for everything and that the time for moving crowds is past. What is Goodparley referring to?
4. After Riddley's father dies, what do Riddley and the other men hear coming from Widders Dump?
5. Goodparley and Orfing do a wotcher with Riddley. Describe the ritual.
6. What did Riddley's father used to say about looking for a reveal?
7. What was the second thing that happened after Brooder died?
8. 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?
9. At the time Riddley's father was killed, what did Riddley know about dogs killing people?
10. Why did Riddley climb the big iron thing after his father died?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, things often happen in threes. Write about different times when things happen in threes. What is the significance of the number three? Are the groups of three things always bad, a mixture of good and bad, or always good?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout the novel, there are indications that society is changing from hunting and gathering, to farming. Compare the two ways of life. Then show examples from the novel of how society is changing from foraging to farming. Which characters want this change to farming? Which characters which would prefer to continue foraging? Will the change from foraging to farming make life better for society? Why or why not? Will the introduction of gunpowder accelerate the change to farming? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Compare The Legend of St. Eustace in Chapter 14, to the Eusa story. What does the stag mean in the St. Eustace Legend? What does it mean in the Eusa story? How is St. Eustace's family like and unlike Eusa's family? What events in St. Eustace's life are similar to Eusa's? How is the end of the St. Eustace story like and unlike the end of the Eusa story? How does Goodparley compare the two stories?
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