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

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

3. 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) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(d) Death kills everyone in the town.

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

5. Why does the drinkard cry when he first sees the complete gentleman?
(a) He is jealous of the complete gentleman's beauty.
(b) He cries tears of joy because the complete gentleman is a long lost friend.
(c) He is jealous that the complete gentleman has palm-wine.
(d) He is upset that the complete gentleman was holding a woman captive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the protagonist's name?

2. To complete his first challenge, what does the drinkard turn himself into?

3. Who is Zurrjir?

4. What happens to the woman's thumb?

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

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