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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. Who does Riddley meet near Good Mercy Form?

2. As Riddley gets to Cambry and feels the power there, what do the dogs do?

3. What does Riddley think about when he wakes the morning after his connexion?

4. What happens to Durster Potter on the men's third time at the diggings?

5. What is the weather like the morning after Durster's mishap?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Both Goodparley and Orfing's group are able to create gunpowder. Compare how the two groups are able to create the gunpowder. What is the significance that in both instances someone dies? How will the creation of gunpowder affect life in Inland? Will people continue to attempt to create gunpowder? Will creating the 1 Littl 1 be likely to lead to the creation of the 1 Big 1? Why or why not? Use examples from the novel that support your position.

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