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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 Durster's mishap, what does Lorna Elswint ask Riddley about the dog he saw?

2. After he runs away, what does Riddley learn about the 1 Big 1 and the Master Chaynjis?

3. Who does Riddley find trapped after he runs away?

4. After Goodparley and Granser die, what does Orfing want Riddley to do?

5. What drew Lissener to the boat that he and Riddley found?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Riddley jumps the Widders Dump fence, where is he led and why?

2. After Riddley's first connexion, what was it like for him at breakfast?

3. What do Orfing and Riddley do after Granser and Goodparley die?

4. What happens when Riddley walks ahead of the other men when they are jobbing for a second time?

5. What does Riddley find in the diggings the third day he goes to them?

6. What do Lissener and Riddley find near the sea?

7. Goodparley has Riddley searched when he returns to Widders Dump. The little figure is found on Riddley. What does the little figure Riddley found mean to Goodparley?

8. After Riddley leaves Goodparley in Widdows Dump, who does Riddley meet on the road?

9. What do the Eusa folk do during the some poasyum according to Lissener?

10. Why do Lissener and Riddley decide to separate?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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