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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) Occupied with drinking palm-wine.
(c) Too young to help with work.
(d) A hermit who read books all day.

2. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In his yam garden.
(c) By the river.
(d) In his house.

3. What happens to the woman's thumb?
(a) It swells up and a baby is born from it.
(b) It turns green.
(c) It shrivels into a raisin.
(d) It is cut off by Skull.

4. What does the woman witness as she follows the "complete" gentleman into the forest?
(a) The complete gentleman shrinks into a tiny complete gentleman.
(b) A family of skeletons pays him to "lend them a hand."
(c) A curious creature kidnaps the complete gentleman.
(d) The complete gentleman returns his body parts to the owner he had rented them from.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the drinkard's financial situation when he meets Drums, Song, and Dance?

3. What does the woman's father finally tell the drinkard?

4. What is NOT true about the "complete" gentleman?

5. What does Skull make the woman sit on?

(see the answer key)

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