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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. According to the tapster, why do "alives" and "deads" not live together?
(a) Because it is biologically impossible.
(b) Because each does things in opposite (and incorrect) ways.
(c) Because God prohibits it.
(d) Because there is not enough food.

2. At the end of the chapter, what does Dance turn into?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A valley.
(c) A river.
(d) A cave.

3. When the drinkard and his wife are captured and put in a bag, what are the other creatures in the bag like?
(a) Furry and soft.
(b) Sticky like gum.
(c) Smooth as pebbles.
(d) Sharp as sand paper.

4. What does the drinkard ask of his readers after he explains the two cases?
(a) To pay all debts.
(b) To not deal with wizards.
(c) To go to "Mixed Town."
(d) To help him make the final judgements.

5. How long do the drinkard and his wife stay with the wise king?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 15 hours.
(c) 1.5 years.
(d) 15 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. From the second case the drinkard tries, what did the first wife do when her husband died unexpectedly?

2. What happens after the drinkard re-gums the broken egg?

3. What does the tapster say he did the night he died?

4. What was in the center of the white tree?

5. Why is it so hard for the drinkard and his wife to reach and enter "Dead's Town"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hungry-creature.

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. Why does the drinkard let the hungry-creature eat him?

4. Does the drinkard give a satisfactory reason for fighting and then killing the bag creatures?

5. How could the magic egg be seen as symbolic?

6. 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?

7. What does the drinkard do when he realizes the townspeople plan to revolt against him?

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

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

10. Why does the drinkard ask the reader for help in judging the court cases from "mixed town"?

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