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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 285-293.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does "half-bodied baby" finally come down from the drinkard?
(a) When they run into the white creatures.
(b) When he gets a big steak.
(c) When he meets Drums, Song, and Dance.
(d) When he want to learn how to walk.

2. What does the man do on the morning of the seventh day of the parade?
(a) He kills the drinkard and his wife.
(b) He admits he is the real murderer.
(c) He runs away from town.
(d) He kidnaps the king.

3. Why do the drinkard and his wife stay by the river for a whole month?
(a) They are under a spell.
(b) They have good friends.
(c) They are making and saving up money.
(d) They are waiting for the rainy season to end.

4. What is the protagonist's name?
(a) His name is unknown.
(b) Zurrjir
(c) God of Palm-Wine.
(d) Father of the gods who could do everything in this world.

5. What is the bridge that the drinkard and his wife cross?
(a) A ropes course.
(b) A stick in Faithful-Mother's hand.
(c) It is Faithful-Hands.
(d) A blanket that turns stiff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Termite House actually?

2. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?

3. Before entering the white tree, what do the drinkard and his wife do?

4. Whom does the drinkard and his wife meet personally the night, after meeting the king?

5. On the way to Dead's Town, the drinkard and his wife get lost and ask to follow a man with a sack. What is in the sack?

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