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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 must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?
(a) The scarf must be dyed red.
(b) The cowrie must be removed from her neck.
(c) The necklace must be put back together.
(d) She must consume more juju.

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

3. Who dies in the fire that the drinkard starts?
(a) The complete gentleman.
(b) The drinkard's son.
(c) Skull.
(d) The woman's father.

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

5. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?
(a) His father was the richest man in their town.
(b) His father had 13 children.
(c) His father had one leg.
(d) His father lived to be 106 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What won't "half-bodied baby" let his parents do?

2. Who does the woman marry?

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

4. The protagonist's siblings were all hard workers, but the protagonist was ____________________.

5. What does "Zurrjir" mean?

(see the answer key)

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