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The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town Quiz

Amos Tutuola
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1)

What happens when the drinkard and his wife do finally talk to the king? (from Pages 223-230)

They find themselves speaking a different language.
The king sentences them to death.
The drinkard's wife cries.
Everyone begins to laugh.
2)

When Heaven and Land go hunting, what animal do they kill? (from Pages 293-302)

A bird.
A mouse.
A goat.
A hippopotamus.
3)

Who does the king of Wraith Island forget to chose to help clear the fields? (from Pages 230-248)

A tiny creature.
An witch.
His cousin.
A transparent spirit.
4)

Who is the terrible animal? (from Pages 223-230)

The tapster in form of a beast.
Someone the drinkard has sentenced in court.
The drinkard's son reincarnated.
The owner of the land where the drinkard has planted his crops.
5)

How do the attendants complete the task the king assigns them, regarding the drinkard and his wife? (from Pages 230-248)

By hand delivering an invitation.
By threatening them with a stick.
With a flat stone and broken bottle.
By kidnapping them and leaving them in a valley far away.
6)

How do the drinkard and his wife get more money? (from Pages 248-264)

They start another ferry business.
They take their fear back and collect the interest.
They beg Faithful-Mother for money.
They create money with their juju.
7)

Who is the power that creates the "natural disaster" that affects the drinkard's hometown? (from Pages 293-302)

Land.
God.
The king of Dead's Town.
Heaven.
8)

How does the drinkard's magical egg break? (from Pages 293-302)

The drinkard drops it.
An evil person smashes it.
People wrestle and knock it over.
An animal tries to eat it.
9)

Why can't Faithful-Mother accompany the drinkard and his wife on the rest of their journey? (from Pages 248-264)

She does not like the drinkard's wife.
She is too ill.
She walks more slowly than them and would hold them up.
She must stay within her borders.
10)

What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king? (from Pages 230-248)

He goes staight to the king to complain.
He leaves Wraith Island.
He undoes all the work everyone else had done in the field.
He clears the field himself to get some attention.
11)

What color are the "deads'" clothing? (from Pages 274-285)

Black.
Dark Blue.
Red.
White.
12)

Who is this year's annual sacrifice in the red bush? (from Pages 248-264)

The drinkard.
The drinkard's wife.
The red lady.
The king.
13)

What important question does the king of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" ask the drinkard and his wife? (from Pages 230-248)

"Are you gods?"
"Where did you come from?"
"How long will you stay here?"
"Where is my sister?"
14)

From the second case the drinkard tries, what did the first wife do when her husband died unexpectedly? (from Pages 285-293)

She died with her husband.
She did nothing.
She went in search of a wizard.
She stayed and guarded the dead husband's body.
15)

Why is the terrible animal mad? (from Pages 223-230)

The drinkard killed him in another life.
The drinkard has sentenced him to death.
The drinkard shot him accidentally.
The drinkard has not sacrificed to him.
16)

What does the tapster bring to the drinkard and his wife? (from Pages 274-285)

Food.
Weapons.
Money.
New clothes.
17)

What is the verdict for the first case? (from Pages 285-293)

There is none because the case is postponed.
Someone is sentenced to one year in prison.
Someone is sentenced to death.
Someone is sentenced to life in prison.
18)

Why does the wise king dress up the drinkard and his wife and parade them around town? (from Pages 265-274)

He thinks they are long lost family members.
To celebrate the foreign visitors.
He is trying to determine who the true murderer is.
To express his gratitude.
19)

What does the drinkard turn his wife into to escape from the "mountain-creatures"? (from Pages 293-302)

A small stick.
A wooden doll.
A tiny kitten.
A flat stone.
20)

Whom does the drinkard help during the "natural disaster"? (from Pages 293-302)

Only people from his hometown.
People from various towns and villages surrounding his house.
Only his family.
Only his family and close friends.
21)

After how long, does Faithful-Mother tell the drinkard and his wife that they must leave? (from Pages 248-264)

One day.
Four years.
Two months.
A year and two months.
22)

When can "alives" enter Dead's Town. (from Pages 265-274)

At night.
Between 4 and 6 p.m.
At dawn.
Never.
23)

What did the red king kill that caused the town to turn red? (from Pages 248-264)

A red creature.
A wizard.
A red bird and red fish.
A red tree.
24)

What do the drinkard and the tapser do together? (from Pages 274-285)

Go hunting.
Tap palm-wine with new technology.
Exchange stories.
Build a carriage.
25)

While living in Wraith Island, what is the drinkard's profession? (from Pages 223-230)

Farmer.
Tapster.
Judge.
Doctor.
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