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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Sa feel about Alatangana's request to marry his daughter?
(a) Sa was overjoyed at the thought of their marriage.
(b) Sa wanted money in exchange for his daughter.
(c) Sa didn't understand what Alatangana saw in his daughter.
(d) Sa wasn't ready to let his daughter go.

3. What did the Old Man throw into the water to determine if the woman and child would live forever?
(a) Buffalo chips.
(b) The baby.
(c) A stone.
(d) Leaves.

4. Who did Death live with?
(a) His wife and daughter.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother and son.
(d) His daugther and brother.

5. What did the man look like when he fell out?
(a) An old man.
(b) An infant.
(c) A fully-formed man.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the raven make more sheep?

2. What would have happened to man if the Fool had not created death?

3. What was the animal made of?

4. Why did Ra create an endless sea of mud?

5. When did Quat tell his brothers they should sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were the first men created by Quat and what were they made of?

2. Why was Sa upset when Alatangana married his daughter?

3. Who was Phan Ku?

4. What is the death rattle, and what effect does it have on people?

5. Why did the raven create the sheep and other animals?

6. What did Phan Ku look like?

7. How did the woman and child come into being?

8. What did the woman want the Old Man to decide?

9. Who is the Old Man in chapter five?

10. Why did Sa turn down Alatangana's marriage proposal?

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