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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 207-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist's siblings were all hard workers, but the protagonist was ____________________.
(a) Occupied with drinking palm-wine.
(b) Bedridden from a rare disease.
(c) Too young to help with work.
(d) A hermit who read books all day.

2. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?
(a) A key.
(b) A tool.
(c) A bell.
(d) A candlestick.

3. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.
(a) He has the special power to creat palm-wine out of water.
(b) If there were a famine, he would travel miles to find and bring back food for his family.
(c) He helps out in the kitchen.
(d) If one hundred men tried to fight him, he is so strong he would just flog them away.

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

5. Where does Skull live?
(a) Under a big rock.
(b) In the side of a hill.
(c) Inside a rotting log.
(d) In a hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second town where the drinkard goes, a man says he will tell the drinkard where the tapster is if he ______.

2. What does the drinkard light on fire?

3. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?

4. Who does the woman marry?

5. Why does the protagonist leave his town?

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