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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After how long, does Faithful-Mother tell the drinkard and his wife that they must leave?
(a) One day.
(b) Two months.
(c) A year and two months.
(d) Four years.

2. How many dead babies do the drinkard and his wife meet on the road?
(a) 4000.
(b) 4.
(c) 400.
(d) 40.

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

4. What else does the drinkard do in case there are future difficulties?
(a) He produces a second magic egg.
(b) He produces money and hides it.
(c) He builds a place to store food.
(d) He charges for his help and saves the profits.

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

6. Why does the wise king dress up the drinkard and his wife and parade them around town?
(a) To express his gratitude.
(b) He thinks they are long lost family members.
(c) To celebrate the foreign visitors.
(d) He is trying to determine who the true murderer is.

7. Whom does the drinkard help during the "natural disaster"?
(a) Only his family.
(b) Only people from his hometown.
(c) People from various towns and villages surrounding his house.
(d) Only his family and close friends.

8. What is the drinkard's hobby in the next town they go to after escaping "Hungry-Monster"?
(a) He attends court and listens to cases.
(b) He helps at the post office and delivers important packages.
(c) He takes up gambling again.
(d) He goes to the hospital and observes doctors.

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

10. Who is this year's annual sacrifice in the red bush?
(a) The drinkard.
(b) The king.
(c) The red lady.
(d) The drinkard's wife.

11. How much palm-wine does the drinkard consume with his friends when he first returns home?
(a) 200 kegs.
(b) 2 kegs.
(c) 2 glasses each.
(d) 2 million kegs.

12. Who is the third character involved in the first case's conflict?
(a) A wizard.
(b) A cousin.
(c) A bystander.
(d) A wife.

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

14. Where do the drinkard and his wife go to get their heads treated?
(a) The garden.
(b) The stream.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The medicine man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the tapster, why do "alives" and "deads" not live together?

2. When can "alives" enter Dead's Town.

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

4. Who is the king of the Red-Bush related to?

5. What color are the "deads'" clothing?

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