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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 230-248.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?
(a) He brings the body back to town to bury it.
(b) He sobs for three days.
(c) He climbs a palm tree to tap palm-wine.
(d) He runs away in fear.

2. Who is inside the white tree?
(a) Oak Spirit.
(b) The tapster.
(c) A mouse.
(d) Faithful-Mother.

3. Why does the protagonist leave his town?
(a) He follows the woman he wants to marry.
(b) He leaves in search of the dead tapster.
(c) There is a famine and he is hungry.
(d) He is exiled by his family.

4. What is NOT true about "Spirit of Prey"?
(a) He is as big as a hippopotamus.
(b) He has a head like a lion's.
(c) He walks on four legs.
(d) He has hard scales covering his body.

5. About how much does "half-bodied baby" weight by the time the drinkard starts carrying him?
(a) 280 lbs.
(b) 28 lbs.
(c) 2,800 lbs.
(d) 2.8lbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the attendants bring an eagle?

2. The protagonist's siblings were all hard workers, but the protagonist was ____________________.

3. What does the drinkard turn himself into after they get to the river and cut down a tree?

4. What does the drinkard change himself into to follow the complete gentleman?

5. What does the terrible animal give the drinkard?

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