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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 do the people in the narrator's story do to get what they need?
2. After the fire, how does everyone look at Riddley?
3. Where did the people of the village put the head of the dog that Riddley killed?
4. Who yelled "Fall! Fall! Fall!" while the men were trying to pull the large object out of the hole intact?
5. What time does Goodparley say is past the day after Brooder dies?
Short Essay Questions
1. After the Goodparley/Orfing show, what do people do?
2. In the written Eusa story, what was life like when Mr. Clevver was Big Man of Inland?
3. 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?
4. What did Riddley's father used to say about looking for a reveal?
5. What are the rituals that are followed with Brooder Walker's body?
6. Why is Riddley upset when he is working to break up the big thing that killed his father?
7. At the time Riddley's father was killed, what did Riddley know about dogs killing people?
8. Why did Riddley climb the big iron thing after his father died?
9. 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?
10. Goodparley and Orfing show up at Widders Dump to do a show. What does Riddley say about these men?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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