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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. The day after his connexion, Riddley walks ahead of the work crew. Who does he meet in the path?
2. Who was waiting for Riddley the morning after his first connexion?
3. Who did Riddley eat breakfast with after his connexion?
4. Why do Coxin and Fister have words when they head to the diggings?
5. Riddley leaves Widders Dump after talking with Goodparley. What saying goes through his mind as he walks?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the Eusa folk do during the some poasyum according to Lissener?
2. Riddley returns to Widders Dump and finds Goodparley there. Why does Riddley give Goodparley the stones?
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. Riddley and Goodparley, meet Granser. How do Granser and Goodparley die?
6. After Riddley releases Lissener from the hole, he and Lissener head toward Fork Stone. Describe the story that Riddley remembers.
7. What do Lissener and Riddley find near the sea?
8. What happens when Riddley walks ahead of the other men when they are jobbing for a second time?
9. Why does Riddley dump Belnot Phist in the mud the third day at the diggings?
10. After Riddley's first connexion, what was it like for him at breakfast?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel, there are references to Aunty. What does Aunty represent? What are different ways that characters in the novel meet Aunty? Are there any ways to successfully avoid Aunty? Are there examples of people who avoided Aunty? If so, what happened to them? Why do you think the term Aunty is used by the author?
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
In the novel, things often happen in threes. Write about different times when things happen in threes. What is the significance of the number three? Are the groups of three things always bad, a mixture of good and bad, or always good?
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