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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. As Riddley walks alone toward Widders Dump, who does he hear talking?
2. When Riddley gets back to Fork Stone, what is the first thing he sees?
3. Riddley leaves Widders Dump after talking with Goodparley. What saying goes through his mind as he walks?
4. Who did Riddley eat breakfast with after his connexion?
5. After Riddley finds the buried head, where does he plan to travel next?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Riddley jumps the Widders Dump fence, where is he led and why?
2. What does Riddley learn about the Eusa folk as he and Lissener get to the outskirts of Fork Stone?
3. Describe the Punch show that Orfing and Riddley do at Weaping Form.
4. 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?
5. After Riddley releases Lissener from the hole, they head toward Fork Stone. What happens when Lissener won't quit talking?
6. Why do Lissener and Riddley decide to separate?
7. What happens when Riddley walks ahead of the other men when they are jobbing for a second time?
8. What does Riddley do to Durster Potter and why?
9. What do the Eusa folk do during the some poasyum according to Lissener?
10. What does Riddley find in the diggings the third day he goes to them?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write about the Eusa story. What is the Eusa story? What is it describing? Use examples from the novel where the story of Eusa is presented and explained. Why do you think there are men from the Mincery that go around telling the Eusa story? Why do you think there are connexion men to help explain the Eusa story? Do you think the story will change after all that has happened in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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