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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. Why did Alatangana create plants and animals?

2. What is the name of Quat's eleven brothers?

3. What did the Old Man determine would happen to people?

4. How did Sa feel about Alatangana's creations?

5. What did the Old Man discover when he came to visit them each day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Phan Ku?

4. What did Phan Ku look like?

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

6. What were Alatangana's children like?

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

8. Where the first men alive?

9. Describe Sa's home?

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

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

Compare and contrast the twin gods in chapter eight with the twin gods in chapter eleven.

How are they alike?

How are they different?

What is the relationship like between Mawu and Lisa?

What is the relationship like between Tawis-karong and Tijus-keha?

Essay Topic 3

Many of the stories have animals as main characters. Why is there a common theme about animals? Why might these cultures value animals so highly?

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