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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 do the creatures do when the drinkard transforms himself in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
(a) They run away in fear.
(b) They touch him.
(c) They get closer to get warm.
(d) They laugh.

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

3. What won't "half-bodied baby" let his parents do?
(a) Talk or laugh.
(b) Talk or sleep.
(c) Eat or sleep.
(d) Eat or laugh.

4. Who is inside the white tree?
(a) Faithful-Mother.
(b) A mouse.
(c) The tapster.
(d) Oak Spirit.

5. Why does the drinkard cry when he first sees the complete gentleman?
(a) He is jealous of the complete gentleman's beauty.
(b) He cries tears of joy because the complete gentleman is a long lost friend.
(c) He is jealous that the complete gentleman has palm-wine.
(d) He is upset that the complete gentleman was holding a woman captive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the drinkard change the woman into as they escape from Skull?

2. What is NOT true about the specific creature the drinkard describes in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?

3. What does the drinkard light on fire?

4. How do the attendants complete the task the king assigns them, regarding the drinkard and his wife?

5. What happens when the children of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" try to nail the heads of the drinkard and his wife?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. During "To Travel by Air," why does the drinkard turn himself into a bird and fly his wife to their next destination?

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

6. Describe Death and his house.

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

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

9. 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?

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

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