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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 is it so hard for the drinkard and his wife to reach and enter "Dead's Town"?
(a) They do not have the special key.
(b) They cannot enter during the day since they are alive.
(c) There is a labyrinth they need to get through.
(d) There is an optical illusion.

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

3. When can "alives" enter Dead's Town.
(a) At night.
(b) At dawn.
(c) Never.
(d) Between 4 and 6 p.m.

4. Who says, "Wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"?
(a) The drinkard's wife.
(b) Faithful-Mother.
(c) The drinkard.
(d) The Invisible-Pawn.

5. What does Faithful-Mother NOT give the drinkard and his wife when they leave?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) A cutlass.
(c) A map.
(d) A gun and ammunition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens when "Invisible-Pawn" is asked to bring firewood?

3. What else does the drinkard do in case there are future difficulties?

4. How much money is involved in the first case's conflict?

5. What does the drinkard ask of his readers after he explains the two cases?

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. Describe the feud between Heaven and Land.

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

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

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

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. How could the magic egg be seen as symbolic?

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

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

10. Why is the king from "We and the Wise King in the Wrong Town with the Prince Killer" described as wise?

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