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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 does Goodparley want Riddley to tell after they share the wotcher?

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

3. The night after Riddley gets his scar, who does the asking with Riddley?

4. After he splits the atom, why doesn't Eusa know how many changes there are to come?

5. What does Riddley think when he first sees the Eusa puppet during the Goodparley/Orfing show?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the game the children play after Riddley kills the boar.

3. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, what does Mr. Clevver do?

4. Goodparley and Orfing do a wotcher with Riddley. Describe the ritual.

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

6. What does Lorna tell Riddley after they freshen the Luck?

7. 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?

8. Why is Riddley upset when he is working to break up the big thing that killed his father?

9. 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?

10. What does Lorna talk about in her tel at Brooder's cremation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Chapter 1, the reader first learns about the "Hart of the Wood." As Riddley first tells a story about the "Hart of the Wood," he mentions that the heart of the wood can mean three different things. Explain what each of these three things are using the description Riddley provides in Chapter 1. Also use other examples of the heart of the wood that are found throughout the novel. What does it mean in Chapter 15 when Riddley says that whenever he writes about the tree in the stone he will write "wud" and not "wood"?

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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