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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248-264.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the woman marry?
(a) Skull.
(b) Zurrjir.
(c) The complete gentleman.
(d) The drinkard.

2. 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 kidnapping them and leaving them in a valley far away.
(c) With a flat stone and broken bottle.
(d) By threatening them with a stick.

3. Why won't the people of Wraith Island leave with the drinkard and his wife?
(a) They have a festival coming up.
(b) They are too weak too travel.
(c) It is prohibited for them to cross their border.
(d) They do not like the drinkard and his wife.

4. How does "Spirit of Prey" kill his prey?
(a) He uses a bow and arrow.
(b) He whispers the name of his prey.
(c) He fixes his eyes on his prey and then closes them.
(d) He spits on his prey.

5. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.
(a) He helps out in the kitchen.
(b) If one hundred men tried to fight him, he is so strong he would just flog them away.
(c) If there were a famine, he would travel miles to find and bring back food for his family.
(d) He has the special power to creat palm-wine out of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the lady who brought the drinkard to the red bush?

2. Who is the terrible animal?

3. Where does the "half-bodied baby" appear?

4. What does Faithful-Mother NOT give the drinkard and his wife when they leave?

5. How does the drinkard get his thirst quenched?

(see the answer key)

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