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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chalker Marchman want done with the big thing that killed Riddley's father?
(a) That it be left alone.
(b) Have it buried.
(c) Try to lift it out of the hole.
(d) Break it up and melt it down.

2. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?
(a) Littl 2way Digman.
(b) Lorna Elswint, an old tel woman.
(c) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(d) The chard coal burners.

3. What story does Lorna tell the same day that Riddley's father died?
(a) Why the Dog Kills People.
(b) Why the Dog Won't Show It's Eyes.
(c) Why the Dog Hates Night.
(d) Why the Dog Hates People.

4. How does Lorna describe the dog that Riddley killed?
(a) Strong and healthy.
(b) Brown in color and blind in one eye.
(c) Old and worn out.
(d) Small, but strong.

5. How old was Riddley's father when he died?
(a) Thirty-three years old.
(b) Twenty-nine years old.
(c) Fifty-two years old.
(d) Thirty-nine years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lorna say happened to the air boats?

2. How did the man and woman in Lorna's story get the 1st knowing?

3. Why is the albino at the digging?

4. Who was following the narrator and his companions on the day the novel begins?

5. What happens to the three people in the narrator's story?

(see the answer key)

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