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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the shape of the universe in chapter 4?
(a) An apple.
(b) A flower.
(c) A pea pod.
(d) A hen's egg.

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

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

4. What did the man think of the sheep?
(a) He was scared of them.
(b) He wanted to own them.
(c) He thought they looked good to eat.
(d) He was intrigued by them.

5. Why did the woman throw a stone in the water?
(a) She wanted to see if the rock would sink.
(b) She wanted to prove the Old Man wrong.
(c) She was angry.
(d) She wasn't satisfied with the Old Man's answer.

6. Who did the man think would also like the sheep?
(a) The man who came from the raven.
(b) The other people growing in pea pods.
(c) His mother.
(d) The raven.

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

8. Who created the earth, sky, stars and sun?
(a) Death.
(b) The Lower Creator.
(c) Me King.
(d) Phan Ku.

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

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

11. Who made the pea pod?
(a) The universe.
(b) The Pea-Pod Man.
(c) The raven.
(d) The Eskimo.

12. What happened to the world as time passed?
(a) It failed.
(b) It prospered.
(c) It became polluted.
(d) It began to spin.

13. What did Quat use to cut a hole in the Night?
(a) A red stone.
(b) A piece of day.
(c) A star.
(d) Birds.

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

15. Where did the myth in chapter 3 come from?
(a) Ghana.
(b) The Congo.
(c) Kyoto.
(d) Guinea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the drink make him feel inside?

2. What did Phan Ku use to carve out the world?

3. What did he drink from?

4. What did Sa create when Alatangana ran off to marry his daughter?

5. Who did Death live with?

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