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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the drinkard supposed to walk in "Dead's Town"?
(a) Slowly.
(b) On his tiptoes.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Quickly.

2. After meeting Drums, Song, and Dance, what does the drinkard do for five days?
(a) He sleeps.
(b) He pays the tambourine.
(c) He eats.
(d) He dances.

3. Before entering the white tree, what do the drinkard and his wife do?
(a) They sell their deaths and loan out their fears.
(b) They gather leaves to make medicine.
(c) They kill a creature because they are hungry.
(d) They dance by a fire for thirteen days.

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

5. How do the attendants complete the task the king assigns them, regarding the drinkard and his wife?
(a) By hand delivering an invitation.
(b) By threatening them with a stick.
(c) With a flat stone and broken bottle.
(d) By kidnapping them and leaving them in a valley far away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't the people of Wraith Island leave with the drinkard and his wife?

2. What color are the "deads'" clothing?

3. Why is the drinkard kicked out of "Dead's Town"?

4. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.

5. According to the tapster, why do "alives" and "deads" not live together?

(see the answer key)

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