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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 Orfing say happened when the hevvys took the yellowboy stones and made a mixture?

2. Who was waiting for Riddley the morning after his first connexion?

3. After Durster's mishap the previous day, what do Riddley and the work crew feel as they set off toward Widders Dump?

4. Who do Riddley and Goodparley go to see after they leave Fork Stone?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Riddley do to Durster Potter and why?

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

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

5. Describe how Riddley feels when he gets to the Power Ring in Cambry.

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

7. Why does Riddley dump Belnot Phist in the mud the third day at the diggings?

8. Why do Lissener and Riddley decide to separate?

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

10. Riddley and Goodparley, meet Granser. How do Granser and Goodparley die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout the novel, there are references to Aunty. What does Aunty represent? What are different ways that characters in the novel meet Aunty? Are there any ways to successfully avoid Aunty? Are there examples of people who avoided Aunty? If so, what happened to them? Why do you think the term Aunty is used by the author?

Essay Topic 3

When Riddley releases Lissener from the hole, Lissener relates the children's game Fools Circle 9wys to himself. What is Lissener's title? What does the children's game Fools Circel 9wys have to do with Lissener? Why would Goodparley or anyone else want to put Lissener's head on a pole?

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