The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Palm-wine Drinkard and His Dead Palm-wine Tapster in the Dead's Town Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 139 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the protagonist bring with him on his journey?
(a) A magic stone.
(b) Palm-wine.
(c) Juju.
(d) A sack of money.

2. What does the drinkard turn himself into after they get to the river and cut down a tree?
(a) A ferry.
(b) A wheel.
(c) A truck.
(d) A train.

3. Which description is NOT true about "half-bodied baby"?
(a) He is getting heavier.
(b) He is always hungry.
(c) He is growing long hair.
(d) He never sleeps.

4. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.
(a) If there were a famine, he would travel miles to find and bring back food for his family.
(b) He helps out in the kitchen.
(c) If one hundred men tried to fight him, he is so strong he would just flog them away.
(d) He has the special power to creat palm-wine out of water.

5. What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king?
(a) He undoes all the work everyone else had done in the field.
(b) He goes staight to the king to complain.
(c) He clears the field himself to get some attention.
(d) He leaves Wraith Island.

6. What does "Zurrjir" mean?
(a) A son who would change himself into another thing soon.
(b) Insatiable appetite.
(c) Born from a thumb.
(d) Father of gods who could do everthing in the world.

7. Who do the townspeople want to exile?
(a) The drinkard.
(b) The woman.
(c) Zurrjir.
(d) The complete gentleman.

8. As a child, what was the only type of money used in the protagonist's town?
(a) Soles.
(b) Cowries.
(c) Dollars.
(d) Pounds.

9. When does "half-bodied baby" finally come down from the drinkard?
(a) When he want to learn how to walk.
(b) When they run into the white creatures.
(c) When he meets Drums, Song, and Dance.
(d) When he gets a big steak.

10. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.
(a) Carry him on her shoulders.
(b) Carry him in her arms.
(c) Carry him on her head.
(d) Carry him on her back.

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

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

13. What is the bed in Death's house made of?
(a) Human hair.
(b) Stones.
(c) Human bones.
(d) Straw.

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

15. What does the drinkard light on fire?
(a) Skull's hole.
(b) The building where Zurrjir sleeps.
(c) The town hall.
(d) A palm-wine tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What won't "half-bodied baby" let his parents do?

2. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?

3. What is true about the "highway men"?

4. What does the old man (a god) give the drinkard to catch Death?

5. What is the protagonist's name?

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