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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Hungry-Monster" do with the wooden doll?
(a) He eats it.
(b) He gives it to his daughter.
(c) He breaks it.
(d) He throws it into the river.

2. When does "Invisible-Pawn" do his work?
(a) At noon.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At night.
(d) During siesta.

3. What is the verdict for the second case?
(a) The wizard is sentenced to jail.
(b) The husband's choice is made official.
(c) The husband's choice is overturned.
(d) There is none because the case is postponed.

4. What does the tapster bring to the drinkard and his wife?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Weapons.

5. What does the man do on the morning of the seventh day of the parade?
(a) He kills the drinkard and his wife.
(b) He admits he is the real murderer.
(c) He runs away from town.
(d) He kidnaps the king.

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

7. Why can't Faithful-Mother accompany the drinkard and his wife on the rest of their journey?
(a) She is too ill.
(b) She must stay within her borders.
(c) She walks more slowly than them and would hold them up.
(d) She does not like the drinkard's wife.

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

9. How does the drinkard's magical egg break?
(a) People wrestle and knock it over.
(b) An evil person smashes it.
(c) An animal tries to eat it.
(d) The drinkard drops it.

10. What does the drinkard turn his wife into to escape from the "mountain-creatures"?
(a) A tiny kitten.
(b) A flat stone.
(c) A small stick.
(d) A wooden doll.

11. What is the bridge that the drinkard and his wife cross?
(a) A ropes course.
(b) It is Faithful-Hands.
(c) A blanket that turns stiff.
(d) A stick in Faithful-Mother's hand.

12. What were the red people before they became red people?
(a) Human beings.
(b) Fish.
(c) Birds.
(d) Blue people.

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

14. Why can't the slave escape the rain?
(a) The rain only goes where he goes.
(b) The drinkard has prohibited anyone in the town to help him, so he can not find cover.
(c) Land has cursed him to never be dry again.
(d) No one will let them in their house because they fear he will bring them to Heaven.

15. How do the townspeople react to what "Invisible-Pawn" does when the drinkard offers him yams and corn as a thank you?
(a) They don't care either way.
(b) They celebrate with a feast.
(c) They are mad at the drinkard and plan to revolt.
(d) They share recipes with "Invisible-Pawn."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was in the center of the white tree?

2. Why is the drinkard kicked out of "Dead's Town"?

3. How is the drinkard supposed to walk in "Dead's Town"?

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

5. How do the drinkard and his wife get more money?

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