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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. What is the usual procedure for getting large objects out of holes?
2. What happened when the people in Lorna's story put in the 1 Big 1?
3. Who runs on Riddley's knife the day the men try to lift the object from the hole intact?
4. What was the reaction to Brooder's connexion for the Eusa story Riddley remembers from childhood?
5. At the digging why didn't the "littl witey bloak" want the girt big thing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lorna tell Riddley after they freshen the Luck?
2. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, why won't Eusa come up at first?
3. What happened three days after Riddley's naming day?
4. Why does Riddley get a scar?
5. Describe the game the children play after Riddley kills the boar.
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. In the written Eusa story, what was life like when Mr. Clevver was Big Man of Inland?
8. What are the rituals that are followed with Brooder Walker's body?
9. What is the story "Why the Dog Wont Show Its Eyes" about?
10. Why does Orfing call Eusa back after Eusa says the show is done?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Riddley often mentions the odors around him. Do these frequent references to the sense of smell make the scenes in the novel more realistic? Why or why not? List examples of times when Riddley mentions how something smells. How would you classify the scents in Riddley's world? What do the odors tell you about Riddley's world?
Essay Topic 2
Riddley goes through many changes in the novel. Explore each change. How does each change affect his life? How does each change affect his thinking? What changes will Riddley see in the future? Would you consider Riddley to be more mature at the end of the novel than he was at the beginning?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the twoness or oneness that is referred to in the novel. Lissener and Riddley travel together for awhile, but have to separate. What are some of the separations that occur throughout the novel? Consider the separation of the Littl Shynin Man and include separations that occur through death. What is the significance of the one that becomes two or how the one will always find the two? Write how these different separations affect the characters in the novel.
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