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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 265-274.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(b) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.
(c) The old man and his wife both die.
(d) Death kills everyone in the town.

2. Why is the terrible animal mad?
(a) The drinkard has not sacrificed to him.
(b) The drinkard killed him in another life.
(c) The drinkard has sentenced him to death.
(d) The drinkard shot him accidentally.

3. Who is inside the white tree?
(a) Faithful-Mother.
(b) Oak Spirit.
(c) A mouse.
(d) The tapster.

4. When can "alives" enter Dead's Town.
(a) Never.
(b) At dawn.
(c) Between 4 and 6 p.m.
(d) At night.

5. Who is the king of the Red-Bush related to?
(a) Skull.
(b) Faithful-Mother.
(c) Zurrjir.
(d) The tapster.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king?

3. Why do the attendants bring an eagle?

4. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?

5. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

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