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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?
(a) He carves it into a paddle.
(b) He makes his wife a wooden doll.
(c) He carves it into a boat.
(d) He carves it into weapons.

2. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?
(a) He runs away in fear.
(b) He brings the body back to town to bury it.
(c) He sobs for three days.
(d) He climbs a palm tree to tap palm-wine.

3. What does the old man (a god) give the drinkard to catch Death?
(a) Some garlic.
(b) A spear.
(c) A black bag.
(d) A net.

4. Where did the tapster go after leaving town?
(a) Unreturnable-Heaven's Town.
(b) Dead's Town.
(c) Palm-wine Grove.
(d) Mixed Town.

5. 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"?
(a) A tornado.
(b) Hot water.
(c) A fire.
(d) Ice.

6. Where does Skull live?
(a) Inside a rotting log.
(b) In the side of a hill.
(c) In a hole.
(d) Under a big rock.

7. After meeting Drums, Song, and Dance, what does the drinkard do for five days?
(a) He dances.
(b) He sleeps.
(c) He pays the tambourine.
(d) He eats.

8. What does the Termite House look like?
(a) A maze.
(b) A wooden chest.
(c) A cream colored umbrella.
(d) A market place.

9. What is the drinkard's financial situation when he meets Drums, Song, and Dance?
(a) It is not specified.
(b) He is penniless.
(c) He is financially stable.
(d) He is very rich.

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

11. What happens to the woman's thumb?
(a) It swells up and a baby is born from it.
(b) It is cut off by Skull.
(c) It shrivels into a raisin.
(d) It turns green.

12. To complete his first challenge, what does the drinkard turn himself into?
(a) A lizard.
(b) A dog.
(c) A bird.
(d) A frog.

13. How is the bush described that the drinkard and his wife next travel through?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Dry.
(d) Pleasant.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Termite House actually?

2. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?

3. What does "Zurrjir" mean?

4. Why does the drinkard turn himself into a bird?

5. What is NOT true about "Spirit of Prey"?

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