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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were nine of the brothers named after?

2. Where did the children go when they grew up?

3. How many couples were formed from the first people created by Quat?

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

5. How many sons did she have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Creator look like in chapter one?

2. Describe the first man who fell from a pea pod in chapter one.

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

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

5. What did Alatangana think about Sa's home?

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

7. What did the man think about the sheep the raven created?

8. What curse did Sa put on Alatangana's children?

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

10. How did Quat the Fool create death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do cultures have a need to explain the origins of man, the earth and the heavens? How do the stories presented in the book help to explain these things? Give specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How do the stories deal with fate vs. free will? Are the people created int he different stories under the god(s) control? Do they have free will? Examine at least three of stories in your answer and provide details from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Which stories involve a trickster? What are the characteristics of a trickster? How do things usually end up for the trickster? Give examples from the text in your answer.

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