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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. After Eusa splits the Littl Man in the written story, what do the dogs tell Eusa?

2. The night after Brooder dies, who says he has been looking for the Littl Shyning Man?

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

4. What did the people of the village sing around the fire on the evening Brooder Walker died?

5. What reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the song that is sung at Brooder's cremation and what does it mean?

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

6. What does Riddley do with the dog he kills?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Eusa folk and their role in the story. Who are the Eusa folk? How many of them are there? Why have them been preserved? What do they look like? Where do they live while the new Ardship is growing up? What do they do every twelve years? Why are they, and especially the Ardship, questioned? What knowledge does the Mincery hope they have? What knowledge do they have?

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

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?

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