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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 children of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" try to nail the heads of the drinkard and his wife?
(a) The eagle saves them.
(b) The kings saves them.
(c) The tapster saves them.
(d) The children can not find hammers.

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

3. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?
(a) His father had one leg.
(b) His father had 13 children.
(c) His father was the richest man in their town.
(d) His father lived to be 106 years old.

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

5. Why do the drinkard and his wife stay by the river for a whole month?
(a) They have good friends.
(b) They are under a spell.
(c) They are making and saving up money.
(d) They are waiting for the rainy season to end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What important question does the king of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" ask the drinkard and his wife?

2. What did Zurrjir love to do?

3. About how much does "half-bodied baby" weight by the time the drinkard starts carrying him?

4. Who gave the drinkard the juju he uses to turn himself into a large bird?

5. What won't "half-bodied baby" let his parents do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe "Laugh."

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

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

4. What is special about Drum, Song, and Dance?

5. What kind of story is this? How is it told?

6. In the first town that the palm-wine drinkard visits, he meets an old man who gives him two challenges. How does the drinkard complete these tasks and what does this say about his human and non-human abilities?

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. Describe the drinkard's reaction when he saves the woman from Skull, brings her home, but then cannot get the cowrie off her neck, which prevents her from speaking and eating. Why is this significant?

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

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