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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was following the narrator and his companions on the day the novel begins?
(a) The leader of the Bernt Arse pack.
(b) The narrator's best friend.
(c) The chard coal burners.
(d) The narrator's father.

2. What does Riddley confess about his father's connexions?
(a) They weren't anything special.
(b) Riddley thought he could do better connexions than his father did.
(c) He didn't like his father's connexions.
(d) His father always wrote out his connexions.

3. In the written Eusa story, what happened when there was knowledge and Eusa was working for Mr. Clevver?
(a) Enemies came to make war.
(b) Eusa asked Mr. Clevver to stop fighting.
(c) Eusa invented boats in the air.
(d) Eusa invented computers.

4. In the story told by Lorna in Chapter 3, what things have shape?
(a) Everything, even the night.
(b) The ground.
(c) People and animals.
(d) Everything, except the night.

5. Why is the fire made on the night Brooder dies?
(a) To cremate Brooder Walker.
(b) To cremate the dead baby.
(c) To burn the dog that Riddley killed.
(d) To stay warm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Was it really the Littl Man who took Eusa's wife?

2. What is the narrator's name?

3. What do the people need in the story the narrator tells in Chapter 1?

4. On the day the men try to lift the object from the hole intact, what three things does Riddley try to connect?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people treat Riddley after his father's cremation?

2. In the written Eusa story, Eusa sees the Littl Shynin Man after the 1 Big 1 is released. What does the Littl Man tell Eusa?

3. During the wotcher, Goodparley tells Riddley that he is looking for something. What is Goodparley looking for and why?

4. Why does Orfing call Eusa back after Eusa says the show is done?

5. Describe what happens in the story, "Hart of the Wood" that Riddley tells.

6. At the beginning of the novel, why do you think Riddley Walker says, "Your turn now my turn later"?

7. Why does Riddley get a scar?

8. In the Goodparley/Orfing show, why won't Eusa come up at first?

9. Why is Riddley upset when he is working to break up the big thing that killed his father?

10. Why did Riddley climb the big iron thing after his father died?

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