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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the children go when they grew up?
(a) To different parts of the earth.
(b) To the endless sea of mud.
(c) To the oceans.
(d) To Sa's house.

2. How many children did Alatangana and Sa's daughter have?
(a) 4.
(b) 14.
(c) 7.
(d) 19.

3. Who did Alatangana turn to for help with his children?
(a) The sun.
(b) Sa's wife.
(c) Sa.
(d) The moon.

4. How did the raven create the mountain sheep?
(a) By using a spell.
(b) By pouring water over the clay.
(c) By giving them milk.
(d) By flapping his wings over them.

5. Why did Quat create chirping birds?
(a) To wake the sleeping men.
(b) To spread seeds across the earth.
(c) To raise the sun in the morning.
(d) To provide entertainment for men.

6. Who made the Earth?
(a) Kono.
(b) Death.
(c) Sa.
(d) Alatangana.

7. What created human suffering?
(a) Phan Ku's brother.
(b) Phan Ku's joy.
(c) Phan Ku's death.
(d) Phan Ku's tears.

8. What did the Old Man say when the stone sank?
(a) There would be an end to people.
(b) People would live only ten years.
(c) There would never be another woman.
(d) People would live forever.

9. How many couples were formed from the first people created by Quat?
(a) None.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

10. What did the Old Man tell the mother and child to do on the fourth day?
(a) Populate the earth.
(b) Keep him company on his travels.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Rise up and walk.

11. How was Death created?
(a) Death was not created in this story.
(b) Quat's brother created puppets but let them rot.
(c) Quat was killed by his brother.
(d) Tangaro the Wise stopped playing with puppets.

12. Who is Quat the Creator?
(a) The only daughter.
(b) The father.
(c) The Fool.
(d) One of the sons.

13. How many women were created by Quat?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

14. Who is Tangaro the Fool?
(a) One of Quat's brothers.
(b) The sun god.
(c) Quat's father.
(d) One of Quat's sisters.

15. Who is the Creator in chapter 5?
(a) Phan Ku.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) Woman.
(d) The Old Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did he do with them after he created them?

2. What culture does the myth of Phan Ku come from?

3. What did the Old Man determine would happen to people?

4. Where did the raven take the man when it returned?

5. What did the Old Man throw into the water to determine if the woman and child would live forever?

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