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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Riddley go to get his scar?
(a) Widders Dump.
(b) His shelter.
(c) Lorna Elswint's shelter.
(d) Divvy roof.

2. in Lorna's story, how did the man and woman's lives change after they got the 1st knowing?
(a) They built a large boat.
(b) They foraged with the dog.
(c) They stopped wandering, settled down, raised animals, and grew crops.
(d) They made tents and wandered even more than they had before.

3. What did Riddley say as the villagers stood around the fire the evening his father died?
(a) He said he wished that his father had seen him kill the dog.
(b) He talked about how he would miss his father.
(c) He did not say anything.
(d) He thanked everyone for the things they said about his father.

4. How many more changes will there be after the atom is split in the written Eusa story?
(a) Five move.
(b) As many as are required.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Hundreds of changes.

5. What would Riddley like to do with the hide of the dog that he killed?
(a) Burn it.
(b) Make a hood with the dog's teeth all around it.
(c) Give it to Lorna.
(d) Make it into a coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Lorna give for the baby's death?

2. What is Riddley thinking while he is breaking up the big thing the day after his father's death?

3. To whom does the narrator speak when he returns to his home on this first day of the novel?

4. What did the leader of the group that was following the narrator look like?

5. Why does the narrator decide to write his story?

(see the answer key)

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