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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 223-230.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?
(a) 10 hours ago.
(b) 2 days ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 10 years ago.

2. What is true about the "highway men"?
(a) They come in gangs.
(b) They charge tolls.
(c) They are all red.
(d) They are very short.

3. 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) Kills the curious creature who killed his crops.
(c) Goes to the market and learn how to become a "complete" gentleman.
(d) Marries the man's daughter.

4. What does the drinkard use to transform himself to escape the creatures, in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
(a) His father's charm.
(b) A special leaf.
(c) His juju.
(d) Palm-wine.

5. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?
(a) His father had one leg.
(b) His father was the richest man in their town.
(c) His father lived to be 106 years old.
(d) His father had 13 children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the terrible animal mad?

2. What does the drinkard turn himself into to escape the creatures in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?

3. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

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

5. What happens when the woman gets off the bullfrog?

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