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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the verdict for the first case?
(a) There is none because the case is postponed.
(b) Someone is sentenced to life in prison.
(c) Someone is sentenced to one year in prison.
(d) Someone is sentenced to death.

2. On the way to Dead's Town, the drinkard and his wife get lost and ask to follow a man with a sack. What is in the sack?
(a) Rice.
(b) A dead prince.
(c) Nine creepy creatures.
(d) The tapster.

3. When Heaven and Land go hunting, what animal do they kill?
(a) A goat.
(b) A hippopotamus.
(c) A bird.
(d) A mouse.

4. What was in the center of the white tree?
(a) A park.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A large dance hall.
(d) A hospital.

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

6. How do the drinkard and his wife get more money?
(a) They take their fear back and collect the interest.
(b) They beg Faithful-Mother for money.
(c) They create money with their juju.
(d) They start another ferry business.

7. What do the drinkard and his wife first give "Hungry-Monster" to eat?
(a) Unripe bananas.
(b) Poisonous berries.
(c) Palm-wine.
(d) Cola.

8. At the end of the chapter, what does Dance turn into?
(a) A cave.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A valley.
(d) A river.

9. What color are the "deads'" clothing?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Dark Blue.
(d) Red.

10. What does the tapster say he did the night he died?
(a) He climbed up a palm tree and hid there.
(b) He floated straight to Dead's Town.
(c) He left in search of his dead father.
(d) He went home but realized that nobody could see or hear him.

11. How does the giant revive the creatures after the drinkard kills them?
(a) He puts them back in the bag.
(b) He uses his father's charm.
(c) He squeezes a special leaf over them.
(d) He finds a wizard.

12. What gift does the tapster give the drinkard?
(a) Palm tree seeds.
(b) A rare tapping tool.
(c) A new tapster.
(d) A magic egg.

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

14. What does Faithful-Mother NOT give the drinkard and his wife when they leave?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A gun and ammunition.
(c) A map.
(d) A cutlass.

15. Why does the drinkard make the rule that he would only serve people outside?
(a) He is hiding the tapster in his house.
(b) He wants to keep the egg a secret from them.
(c) The egg creats more when there is more open space.
(d) There are so many people visiting him and they are very pushy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the bridge that the drinkard and his wife cross?

2. How does the drinkard's magical egg break?

3. What does the tapster bring to the drinkard and his wife?

4. From the second case the drinkard tries, what did the first wife do when her husband died unexpectedly?

5. What happens when "Invisible-Pawn" is asked to bring firewood?

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