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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the king of the Red-Bush related to?
2. What must you do to make the tapster's gift to the drinkard work?
3. On what day after turning red, did everyone in the town die to then settle in the red bush?
4. What was the tapster called before he died?
5. What is NOT true about the lady that approaches the drinkard and his wife?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Compare the juju the drinkard used during difficult situations with the gun he used during difficult situations.
3. Why does the drinkard ask the reader for help in judging the court cases from "mixed town"?
4. Explain why some might consider the drinkard to be a "good" character in the end and another might see him as a "bad" character.
5. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?
6. How could the magic egg be seen as symbolic?
7. What themes do we find in "The Invisible-Pawn" chapter that we have seen in earlier chapters?
8. Describe the feud between Heaven and Land.
9. What did the drinkard and his wife do with their death and fear? Why is this significant?
10. What does "Faithful-Mother" give the drinkard and his wife when they depart?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although The Palm-wine Drinkard is written by a Nigerian author and set in Nigeria, readers from anywhere can understand and appreciate it in their own way. What is universal about this story and why? Give at least three examples.
Essay Topic 2
The Palm-wine Drinkard is a circular story in that the main character ends back in the place where he started, his hometown. Explain three possible motives for developing and ending the story like this.
Essay Topic 3
There are three prominent female characters in The Palm-wine Drinkard. Describe each and their significance within the novel. Next, compare and contrast their roles. Finally, address this question: Is their being female the only thing that ties them together?
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