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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 274-285.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the tapster say he did the night he died?
(a) He climbed up a palm tree and hid there.
(b) He went home but realized that nobody could see or hear him.
(c) He floated straight to Dead's Town.
(d) He left in search of his dead father.

2. Why does the man with eyes in back of his knees chase the drinkard and his wife?
(a) They stole his cowrie, which had fallen on the ground.
(b) They made fun of his odd body.
(c) They knew each other from the drinkard's home town.
(d) They took a cola from the image of a basket.

3. Why does the drinkard turn himself into a bird?
(a) It was an accident.
(b) So he can fly over dangerous roads.
(c) So he can disguise himself.
(d) Because his wife was also turned into a bird.

4. What must you do to make the tapster's gift to the drinkard work?
(a) You heat it up.
(b) You put it in water.
(c) You insert a key.
(d) You shake it before use.

5. What does the tapster bring to the drinkard and his wife?
(a) New clothes.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Money.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is true about the "highway men"?

2. When does "half-bodied baby" finally come down from the drinkard?

3. What does the king command his attendants to do to the drinkard and his wife?

4. What happens when the children of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" try to nail the heads of the drinkard and his wife?

5. How is the bush described that the drinkard and his wife next travel through?

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