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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. Who does the drinkard assign to help him with his plan to end the "natural disaster"?
(a) The king.
(b) His wife.
(c) A slave.
(d) The tapster.

2. What do the drinkard and the tapser do together?
(a) Tap palm-wine with new technology.
(b) Exchange stories.
(c) Build a carriage.
(d) Go hunting.

3. How does the drinkard put an end to the "natural disaster"?
(a) He throws his magic egg in the river.
(b) He plants his magic seeds.
(c) He sends a sacrifice to Heaven.
(d) He negotiates with Land.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Faithful-Mother accompany the drinkard and his wife on the rest of their journey?

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

3. Whom does the drinkard help during the "natural disaster"?

4. What does the man do on the morning of the seventh day of the parade?

5. What was the tapster called before he died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the hungry-creature.

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

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

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

7. Describe the feud between Heaven and Land.

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. What new power does the drinkard's wife develop during pages 248-264?

10. Does the wife's prophecy about the "Invisible-Pawn"--"wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"--come true ?

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