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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Skull make the woman sit on?
(a) A stool.
(b) A mushroom.
(c) A rotting log.
(d) A bullfrog.

2. In the second town where the drinkard goes, a man says he will tell the drinkard where the tapster is if he ______.
(a) Returns the man's daughter who was captured by a curious creature.
(b) Marries the man's daughter.
(c) Kills the curious creature who killed his crops.
(d) Goes to the market and learn how to become a "complete" gentleman.

3. The protagonist's siblings were all hard workers, but the protagonist was ____________________.
(a) Bedridden from a rare disease.
(b) A hermit who read books all day.
(c) Too young to help with work.
(d) Occupied with drinking palm-wine.

4. What is true about the "highway men"?
(a) They are very short.
(b) They are all red.
(c) They charge tolls.
(d) They come in gangs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?

2. Who figures out how to help the woman eat and speak again?

3. What does the woman, who is held captive by Skull, have around her neck?

4. What is the bed in Death's house made of?

5. About how much does "half-bodied baby" weight by the time the drinkard starts carrying him?

(see the answer key)

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