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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 does the drinkard get out of "Hungry-Monster's" stomach?
(a) He climbs out "Hungry-Monster's" nose when he's asleep.
(b) He makes "Hungry-Monster" vomit.
(c) He shoots and cuts his way out.
(d) "Hungry-Monster's" belly-button is also a door, which the drinkard leaves through.

2. Where do the drinkard and his wife go to get their heads treated?
(a) The garden.
(b) The medicine man.
(c) The stream.
(d) The hospital.

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

4. What is the drinkard's hobby in the next town they go to after escaping "Hungry-Monster"?
(a) He attends court and listens to cases.
(b) He takes up gambling again.
(c) He goes to the hospital and observes doctors.
(d) He helps at the post office and delivers important packages.

5. What do the dead babies do?
(a) Beat with sticks the adults who pass by.
(b) Roll to their destinations.
(c) Beg for milk.
(d) Sing happy nursery rhymes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "natural disaster" that has affected the drinkard's hometown was the result of ________.

2. Who joins the "mountain-creatures" in their favorite activity?

3. What happens when the husband from case #2 comes back to life?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the hungry-creature.

4. Describe the feud between Heaven and Land.

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

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

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

8. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard when comes home and shares his powerful egg?

9. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?

10. Explain why some might consider the drinkard to be a "good" character in the end and another might see him as a "bad" character.

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