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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death and the World's End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Duration of Life," how does God describe the first years of man?
(a) Hard.
(b) Silly.
(c) Easy.
(d) Ferocious.

2. In "Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese," what does the man refuse to say?
(a) Good bye.
(b) Thank you.
(c) God willing.
(d) I love you.

3. In "The Waiting Maid's Parrot," what does the parrot help the maiden do?
(a) Fall in love.
(b) Find food.
(c) Win riches.
(d) Save her family.

4. Where did "The Man Who Had No Story" originate?
(a) China.
(b) Ireland.
(c) America.
(d) Peru.

5. In "Rich Man, Poor Man," what does the rich man do to the poor man?
(a) Hits him.
(b) Teases him.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Sues him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the servant tell the nobleman at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

2. In "Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch," whom does the Coyote trick into taking his place?

3. Whom does Goha hope will come for his wife in "Goha On the Deathbed"?

4. In "Talk" something frightens the men. What frightens them?

5. What object does woman use in "Woman Chooses Death" to decide life?

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