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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Fool do with his puppets?
(a) Gave them to the Wise.
(b) Threw them in a hole and covered them with dirt.
(c) Drowned them in a lake.
(d) Set them on fire and spread their ashes.

2. Where did Alatangana and his wife live?
(a) On a hill next to Sa.
(b) In a far corner of the new earth.
(c) In the oceans.
(d) Up high on a mountain top.

3. 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.

4. What did the bird turn into?
(a) A man.
(b) A dog.
(c) A woman.
(d) A cat.

5. What type of god is the raven?
(a) A lenient god.
(b) A sad god.
(c) A wiley god.
(d) A wrathful god.

6. What is the name of the mother in chapter 2?
(a) Quat.
(b) Quatgoro.
(c) Hebrides.
(d) Tangaro.

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

8. What was the animal made of?
(a) Bark.
(b) Rock.
(c) Water.
(d) Clay.

9. How many years did Phan Ku live?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 1,800.

10. Who is to blame for death?
(a) Alatangana.
(b) The sea of mud.
(c) Sa.
(d) Sa's wife.

11. What would have happened to man if the Fool had not created death?
(a) Man would have died of old age.
(b) Man would have lived forever.
(c) Women would not have been created.
(d) Women would have lived while men died.

12. What is the name of the being inside the universe?
(a) The Rain.
(b) No Thing.
(c) Phan Ku.
(d) Pik Nong.

13. According to the story, why are there black and white people all over the earth?
(a) Because each child was given a kingdom.
(b) Because Ra kidnapped all of the children.
(c) Because the children moved to different parts of the earth.
(d) Because Alatangana banished his children.

14. What were nine of the brothers named after?
(a) Tea leaves.
(b) Animals.
(c) Tree leaves.
(d) Seasons.

15. Why did Alatangana create plants and animals?
(a) He felt sorry for Ra's family.
(b) He wanted company.
(c) He wanted beauty in the world.
(d) He thought the earth was depressing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sa feel about Alatangana's request to marry his daughter?

2. What did Quat make the first men from?

3. Who is Tangaro the Fool?

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

5. What were the first men constructed to be?

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