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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 293-302.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the king try to make the drinkard and his wife talk?
(a) He has them stabbed with a stick.
(b) He has their heads shaved.
(c) He has them dumped in water.
(d) He has them tickled.

2. What does the drinkard turn himself into to escape from the "mountain-creatures"?
(a) A flat stone.
(b) A wooden doll.
(c) A small stick.
(d) A tiny kitten.

3. According to the tapster, why do "alives" and "deads" not live together?
(a) Because there is not enough food.
(b) Because it is biologically impossible.
(c) Because each does things in opposite (and incorrect) ways.
(d) Because God prohibits it.

4. What does the drinkard change himself into as he and the woman escape from Skull?
(a) A bullfrog.
(b) A tiny kitten.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A sparrow-like bird.

5. Who figures out how to help the drinkard heal more quickly after he is beat up by the giant?
(a) The giant.
(b) His wife.
(c) Faithful-Mother.
(d) The tapster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the drinkard light on fire?

2. Why is the drinkard kicked out of "Dead's Town"?

3. Why does the man with eyes in back of his knees chase the drinkard and his wife?

4. Who joins the "mountain-creatures" in their favorite activity?

5. What "natural disaster" has killed millions of people?

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