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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 223-230.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Skull make the woman sit on?
(a) A mushroom.
(b) A bullfrog.
(c) A rotting log.
(d) A stool.

2. How does the king try to make the drinkard and his wife talk?
(a) He has them stabbed with a stick.
(b) He has them tickled.
(c) He has them dumped in water.
(d) He has their heads shaved.

3. What happens when the drinkard and his wife do finally talk to the king?
(a) Everyone begins to laugh.
(b) The drinkard's wife cries.
(c) The king sentences them to death.
(d) They find themselves speaking a different language.

4. What did Zurrjir love to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Talk.
(c) Drink.
(d) Sleep.

5. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?
(a) A bell.
(b) A tool.
(c) A key.
(d) A candlestick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

2. What is the bed in Death's house made of?

3. Who is Zurrjir?

4. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.

5. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?

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