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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "Zurrjir" mean?
(a) A son who would change himself into another thing soon.
(b) Born from a thumb.
(c) Father of gods who could do everthing in the world.
(d) Insatiable appetite.

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

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

5. What does the woman, who is held captive by Skull, have around her neck?
(a) A cowrie.
(b) Some juju.
(c) A scarf.
(d) A necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in the fire that the drinkard starts?

2. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?

3. Who does the woman marry?

4. What does Skull make the woman sit on?

5. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?

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