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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. As a child, what was the only type of money used in the protagonist's town?
(a) Soles.
(b) Dollars.
(c) Pounds.
(d) Cowries.
2. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?
(a) A magic stone.
(b) A sack of money.
(c) Juju.
(d) Palm-wine.
3. What is the protagonist's name?
(a) God of Palm-Wine.
(b) His name is unknown.
(c) Zurrjir
(d) Father of the gods who could do everything in this world.
4. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?
(a) 2 days ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 10 hours ago.
(d) 2 years ago.
5. Who does the king of Wraith Island forget to chose to help clear the fields?
(a) His cousin.
(b) A transparent spirit.
(c) An witch.
(d) A tiny creature.
6. Which description is NOT true about "half-bodied baby"?
(a) He never sleeps.
(b) He is growing long hair.
(c) He is getting heavier.
(d) He is always hungry.
7. What does "Zurrjir" mean?
(a) Father of gods who could do everthing in the world.
(b) Born from a thumb.
(c) Insatiable appetite.
(d) A son who would change himself into another thing soon.
8. How do the drinkard and his wife end up in the white tree?
(a) They fall through a hole into another world.
(b) They enter through the back door.
(c) They climb the tree, then fall through a shoot.
(d) The tree's hands grab them and bring them in.
9. What is the Termite House actually?
(a) A tree trunk.
(b) An ant farm.
(c) A library.
(d) A market.
10. What is true about the "highway men"?
(a) They are very short.
(b) They come in gangs.
(c) They are all red.
(d) They charge tolls.
11. What does the drinkard light on fire?
(a) The building where Zurrjir sleeps.
(b) A palm-wine tree.
(c) The town hall.
(d) Skull's hole.
12. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?
(a) She must consume more juju.
(b) The scarf must be dyed red.
(c) The necklace must be put back together.
(d) The cowrie must be removed from her neck.
13. 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) A special leaf.
(b) His juju.
(c) His father's charm.
(d) Palm-wine.
14. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?
(a) He climbs a palm tree to tap palm-wine.
(b) He runs away in fear.
(c) He sobs for three days.
(d) He brings the body back to town to bury it.
15. What does the woman witness as she follows the "complete" gentleman into the forest?
(a) A curious creature kidnaps the complete gentleman.
(b) The complete gentleman shrinks into a tiny complete gentleman.
(c) A family of skeletons pays him to "lend them a hand."
(d) The complete gentleman returns his body parts to the owner he had rented them from.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
2. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?
3. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?
4. What does the old man (a god) give the drinkard to catch Death?
5. Where did the tapster go after leaving town?
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