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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is the bush described that the drinkard and his wife next travel through?
(a) Greedy.
(b) Dry.
(c) Pleasant.
(d) Sad.
2. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 2 days ago.
(c) 10 hours ago.
(d) 10 years ago.
3. What does Skull make the woman sit on?
(a) A stool.
(b) A mushroom.
(c) A rotting log.
(d) A bullfrog.
4. What does the woman, who is held captive by Skull, have around her neck?
(a) A cowrie.
(b) A necklace.
(c) A scarf.
(d) Some juju.
5. How do the drinkard and his wife escape the people of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town"?
(a) They create a flood with their juju.
(b) They fly away on the eagle.
(c) They sneak away at night
(d) They burn down the town.
6. 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) His juju.
(b) A special leaf.
(c) Palm-wine.
(d) His father's charm.
7. What is the Termite House actually?
(a) A market.
(b) An ant farm.
(c) A library.
(d) A tree trunk.
8. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?
(a) Palm-wine.
(b) A magic stone.
(c) Juju.
(d) A sack of money.
9. While living in Wraith Island, what is the drinkard's profession?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Tapster.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Judge.
10. Why does the man with eyes in back of his knees chase the drinkard and his wife?
(a) They made fun of his odd body.
(b) They knew each other from the drinkard's home town.
(c) They took a cola from the image of a basket.
(d) They stole his cowrie, which had fallen on the ground.
11. What does the protagonist do when he finds the tapster dead?
(a) He runs away in fear.
(b) He climbs a palm tree to tap palm-wine.
(c) He sobs for three days.
(d) He brings the body back to town to bury it.
12. When does "half-bodied baby" finally come down from the drinkard?
(a) When he meets Drums, Song, and Dance.
(b) When he gets a big steak.
(c) When they run into the white creatures.
(d) When he want to learn how to walk.
13. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) The old man and his wife both die.
(b) Death kills everyone in the town.
(c) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.
(d) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
14. Why is the terrible animal mad?
(a) The drinkard has sentenced him to death.
(b) The drinkard killed him in another life.
(c) The drinkard shot him accidentally.
(d) The drinkard has not sacrificed to him.
15. 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 carves it into a boat.
(c) He carves it into weapons.
(d) He makes his wife a wooden doll.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the protagonist's name?
2. Where did the tapster go after leaving town?
3. Who do the townspeople want to exile?
4. What is NOT true about the specific creature the drinkard describes in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
5. What is the bed in Death's house made of?
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