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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Occupied with drinking palm-wine.
(d) Too young to help with work.

2. What does the woman's father finally tell the drinkard?
(a) Who died in the fire.
(b) That he is also the drinkard's father.
(c) That he can marry the woman.
(d) Where he can find the tapster.

3. Where does the "half-bodied baby" appear?
(a) From the ashes.
(b) From a tree.
(c) On the road.
(d) Out of a bush.

4. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?
(a) A sack of money.
(b) Juju.
(c) Palm-wine.
(d) A magic stone.

5. Who figures out how to help the woman eat and speak again?
(a) Zurrjir.
(b) The drinkard.
(c) The complete gentleman.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the drinkard and his wife stay by the river for a whole month?

2. What happens to the woman's thumb?

3. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?

4. What does the drinkard turn himself into after they get to the river and cut down a tree?

5. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.

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