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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. Why did the raven make more sheep?
(a) The raven did not make more sheep.
(b) So the pea pod people could eat.
(c) Because the raven liked them.
(d) Because the man liked them.

2. What is the name of Quat's eleven brothers?
(a) Quatgoro.
(b) Melanesia.
(c) Quat.
(d) Tangaro.

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

4. 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 Alatangana banished his children.
(c) Because the children moved to different parts of the earth.
(d) Because Ra kidnapped all of the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the raven bring when it returned?

3. What did Quat use to cut a hole in the Night?

4. Why did the raven make woman?

5. Why did Alatangana create plants and animals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Alatangana's children like?

2. What did Phan Ku look like?

3. Why didn't Quat the Fools puppets turn out like his brother's six puppets?

4. How did Phan Ku's body contribute to the creation of the world?

5. How were Quat and his brothers created in chapter two?

6. What did Quat create after he traveled to the far edge of the sky?

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

8. Why might the god in chapter four burst out from an egg?

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

10. How many gods are responsible for creation in chapter three?

(see the answer keys)

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