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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.
(b) Death kills everyone in the town.
(c) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(d) The old man and his wife both die.

2. What does the woman witness as she follows the "complete" gentleman into the forest?
(a) A family of skeletons pays him to "lend them a hand."
(b) The complete gentleman returns his body parts to the owner he had rented them from.
(c) A curious creature kidnaps the complete gentleman.
(d) The complete gentleman shrinks into a tiny complete gentleman.

3. How does "Spirit of Prey" kill his prey?
(a) He uses a bow and arrow.
(b) He fixes his eyes on his prey and then closes them.
(c) He whispers the name of his prey.
(d) He spits on his prey.

4. Where did the tapster go after leaving town?
(a) Unreturnable-Heaven's Town.
(b) Palm-wine Grove.
(c) Mixed Town.
(d) Dead's Town.

5. What is NOT true about "Spirit of Prey"?
(a) He walks on four legs.
(b) He has a head like a lion's.
(c) He is as big as a hippopotamus.
(d) He has hard scales covering his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Zurrjir?

2. What does the drinkard turn himself into after they get to the river and cut down a tree?

3. What is the bed in Death's house made of?

4. Who is inside the white tree?

5. As a child, what was the only type of money used in the protagonist's town?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do the drinkard and his wife enjoy staying on Wraith-Island? Why or why not?

2. Describe Skull and his house.

3. The drinkard describes the inhabitants of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" as "backwards." What does he mean by this? Elaborate.

4. What do the drinkard and his wife find out when they arrive in the town where the tapster is supposed to be? How do they react?

5. Who is "Faithful-Mother"? What is her responsibility?

6. What lesson can be learned from the little creature on Wraith-Island who was not picked by the King to help clear the corn fields?

7. Describe the white monster that the drinkard and his wife encounter in "No Road--Ought to Travel from Bush to Bush to the Dead's Town."

8. Comment on the parent-child relationship, during "On the Way to an Unknown Place." What is significant about the characters' roles?

9. Why does the drinkard's initial plan to escape the white creatures backfire?

10. There is a common saying, "like father like son." How is this true in respect to the drinkard and his son Zurrjir?

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