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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT true about the market's owner?
(a) He jumps instead of walks.
(b) He has no foot.
(c) His head is small like a baby's.
(d) He has a strange moustache.

2. What does the woman witness as she follows the "complete" gentleman into the forest?
(a) A family of skeletons pays him to "lend them a hand."
(b) A curious creature kidnaps the complete gentleman.
(c) The complete gentleman returns his body parts to the owner he had rented them from.
(d) The complete gentleman shrinks into a tiny complete gentleman.

3. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?
(a) In his yam garden.
(b) In his house.
(c) By the river.
(d) On the roof.

4. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.
(a) Carry him on her shoulders.
(b) Carry him on her head.
(c) Carry him on her back.
(d) Carry him in her arms.

5. Why does the drinkard turn himself into a bird?
(a) So he can disguise himself.
(b) Because his wife was also turned into a bird.
(c) It was an accident.
(d) So he can fly over dangerous roads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?

2. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?

3. What is NOT true about the "complete" gentleman?

4. What happens when the drinkard and his wife do finally talk to the king?

5. What is the drinkard's financial situation when he meets Drums, Song, and Dance?

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