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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 do the townspeople react to what "Invisible-Pawn" does when the drinkard offers him yams and corn as a thank you?
(a) They don't care either way.
(b) They are mad at the drinkard and plan to revolt.
(c) They celebrate with a feast.
(d) They share recipes with "Invisible-Pawn."

2. What did the red king kill that caused the town to turn red?
(a) A red tree.
(b) A red bird and red fish.
(c) A red creature.
(d) A wizard.

3. Who is the king of the Red-Bush related to?
(a) Faithful-Mother.
(b) Zurrjir.
(c) The tapster.
(d) Skull.

4. How is the drinkard supposed to walk in "Dead's Town"?
(a) On his tiptoes.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Backwards.
(d) Slowly.

5. How long is the parade requested by the king supposed to last?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 7 hours.
(d) 3 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does "Hungry-Monster" do with the wooden doll?

3. Why does the man they are following make the drinkard and his wife carry his sack?

4. What pastime does the drinkard take up while in the white tree?

5. How does the giant revive the creatures after the drinkard kills them?

Short Essay Questions

1. In no more than three sentences, comment on the treatment of magic versus realism in this story. Are the two distinguishable within the world of this novel?

2. Comment on how the drinkard sums up his journey, "And so all our trials, difficulties and many years' travel brought only an egg or resulted in an egg." (Chapter 32, p. 295)

3. Describe the group of four hundred dead babies the drinkard and his wife meet on the road.

4. Are plants important in this story?

5. What does "Faithful-Mother" give the drinkard and his wife when they depart?

6. How does the drinkard escape from the hungry-creature's stomach? Is this realistic?

7. How are the people of Dead's Town different from living humans?

8. While living in "mixed town," the drinkard is asked to judge two separate cases, but he leaves them unresolved. How are they similar and what makes them hard to resolve?

9. Describe the white tree.

10. Describe the hungry-creature.

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