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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. Why does the wise king dress up the drinkard and his wife and parade them around town?
(a) He thinks they are long lost family members.
(b) He is trying to determine who the true murderer is.
(c) To express his gratitude.
(d) To celebrate the foreign visitors.

2. Why can't Faithful-Mother accompany the drinkard and his wife on the rest of their journey?
(a) She walks more slowly than them and would hold them up.
(b) She does not like the drinkard's wife.
(c) She must stay within her borders.
(d) She is too ill.

3. What pastime does the drinkard take up while in the white tree?
(a) Rock collecting.
(b) Chess playing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Gambling.

4. In the second case, which wife does the husband first pick when he is brought back to life?
(a) His second wife.
(b) His first wife.
(c) His third wife.
(d) None, the third wife offers herself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the drinkard put an end to the "natural disaster"?

2. When Heaven and Land go hunting, what animal do they kill?

3. What happens when the drinkard offers the "Invisible-Pawn" yams and corn as thanks for his work?

4. Why do the drinkard and his wife leave the town?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the drinkard and his wife do with their death and fear? Why is this significant?

3. Describe the feud between Heaven and Land.

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

5. Describe the "Red-Lady" and her fashion taste.

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

7. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard after the egg breaks?

8. After fighting fantastical monsters for ten years, what new hardship does the drinkard come home to? Could this be considered a real life monster? Why?

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

10. Describe the hungry-creature.

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