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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. Why does Riddley jump the fence and run away from the work site?

2. After Riddley finds the buried head, where does he plan to travel next?

3. When the work crew returns to How Fents after Potter's mishap, what does Littl Nimbel Potter do when he sees Riddley?

4. Who grabbed Riddley as he climbs over the fence at Widders Dump?

5. What does Goodparley tell Riddley about the puppet Riddley found in the digging?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Durster Potter say about Riddley's father?

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

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

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

7. After Riddley leaves Cambry, he heads back to Fork Stone. Describe what he finds there.

8. After Riddley releases Lissener from the hole, he and Lissener head toward Fork Stone. Describe the story that Riddley remembers.

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

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

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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