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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. How long ago did the tapster leave the town where the drinkard thought he'd find him?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 10 hours ago.
(c) 2 years ago.
(d) 2 days ago.

2. Whom does the drinkard and his wife meet personally the night, after meeting the king?
(a) Dance.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Snort.
(d) Talk.

3. Who figures out how to help the woman eat and speak again?
(a) Zurrjir.
(b) The complete gentleman.
(c) Her father.
(d) The drinkard.

4. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In his house.
(c) By the river.
(d) In his yam garden.

5. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?
(a) He makes his wife a wooden doll.
(b) He carves it into a paddle.
(c) He carves it into a boat.
(d) He carves it into weapons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?

2. In the second town where the drinkard goes, a man says he will tell the drinkard where the tapster is if he ______.

3. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?

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

5. What does the woman's father finally tell the drinkard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how the drinkard's son was born. Why is this extraordinary birth significant?

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

5. How do the drinkard and his wife eventually escape from the white creatures?

6. Describe "Laugh."

7. 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?

8. Describe Death and his house.

9. How is the "bush" personified in "Not Too Small to be Chosen"?

10. Describe the palm-wine drinkard's relationship with his friends at the beginning of the story.

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