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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.
(a) He has the special power to creat palm-wine out of water.
(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 helps out in the kitchen.

2. Who is Zurrjir?
(a) The complete gentleman.
(b) The drinkard's son.
(c) The woman's father.
(d) Skull's brother.

3. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 10 hours ago.
(c) 2 days ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

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

5. 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 jealous of the complete gentleman's beauty.
(c) He is upset that the complete gentleman was holding a woman captive.
(d) He is jealous that the complete gentleman has palm-wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?

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

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

4. What does wife forget in the ashes?

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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