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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 217-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the woman marry?
(a) The drinkard.
(b) Zurrjir.
(c) Skull.
(d) The complete gentleman.

2. What does "Zurrjir" mean?
(a) Born from a thumb.
(b) A son who would change himself into another thing soon.
(c) Father of gods who could do everthing in the world.
(d) Insatiable appetite.

3. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) Death kills everyone in the town.
(b) The old man and his wife both die.
(c) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(d) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.

4. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?
(a) The scarf must be dyed red.
(b) The cowrie must be removed from her neck.
(c) The necklace must be put back together.
(d) She must consume more juju.

5. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?
(a) He carves it into weapons.
(b) He carves it into a boat.
(c) He makes his wife a wooden doll.
(d) He carves it into a paddle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?

2. In the second town where the drinkard goes, a man says he will tell the drinkard where the tapster is if he ______.

3. Where does the "half-bodied baby" appear?

4. What did Zurrjir love to do?

5. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?

(see the answer key)

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