The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town Test | Final Test - Medium

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The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. From the second case the drinkard tries, what did the first wife do when her husband died unexpectedly?
(a) She died with her husband.
(b) She stayed and guarded the dead husband's body.
(c) She did nothing.
(d) She went in search of a wizard.

2. What do the dead babies do?
(a) Beat with sticks the adults who pass by.
(b) Beg for milk.
(c) Roll to their destinations.
(d) Sing happy nursery rhymes.

3. Who puts the drinkard and his wife in the huge bag?
(a) The red lady.
(b) A man.
(c) A giant.
(d) A goat.

4. What happens when "Invisible-Pawn" is asked to bring firewood?
(a) He travels to another bush to get a special type.
(b) He is lazy and does not bring any.
(c) He brings a few sticks.
(d) He brings so much that the town is full of it.

5. Why does the drinkard make the rule that he would only serve people outside?
(a) He is hiding the tapster in his house.
(b) He wants to keep the egg a secret from them.
(c) There are so many people visiting him and they are very pushy.
(d) The egg creats more when there is more open space.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the drinkard turn his wife into to keep her safe from "Hungry-Monster"?

2. How long is the parade requested by the king supposed to last?

3. What does the tapster say he did the night he died?

4. How long do the drinkard and his wife stay with the wise king?

5. From the second case the drinkard tries, what did the second wife do when her husband died unexpectedly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hungry-creature.

2. Are plants important in this story?

3. Does the drinkard give a satisfactory reason for fighting and then killing the bag creatures?

4. What did the drinkard and his wife do with their death and fear? Why is this significant?

5. In no more than three sentences, comment on the treatment of magic versus realism in this story. Are the two distinguishable within the world of this novel?

6. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?

7. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard after the egg breaks?

8. After fighting fantastical monsters for ten years, what new hardship does the drinkard come home to? Could this be considered a real life monster? Why?

9. Describe the group of four hundred dead babies the drinkard and his wife meet on the road.

10. Explain why some might consider the drinkard to be a "good" character in the end and another might see him as a "bad" character.

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