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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 217-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the drinkard cry when he first sees the complete gentleman?
(a) He cries tears of joy because the complete gentleman is a long lost friend.
(b) He is upset that the complete gentleman was holding a woman captive.
(c) He is jealous that the complete gentleman has palm-wine.
(d) He is jealous of the complete gentleman's beauty.

2. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) The old man and his wife both die.
(b) Death kills everyone in the town.
(c) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(d) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.

3. Why does the protagonist leave his town?
(a) He is exiled by his family.
(b) He follows the woman he wants to marry.
(c) He leaves in search of the dead tapster.
(d) There is a famine and he is hungry.

4. What is the bed in Death's house made of?
(a) Human hair.
(b) Straw.
(c) Human bones.
(d) Stones.

5. What does the drinkard light on fire?
(a) Skull's hole.
(b) A palm-wine tree.
(c) The building where Zurrjir sleeps.
(d) The town hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman witness as she follows the "complete" gentleman into the forest?

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

3. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

4. What did Zurrjir love to do?

5. What does wife forget in the ashes?

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