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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. The "natural disaster" that has affected the drinkard's hometown was the result of ________.
2. Who is the king of the Red-Bush related to?
3. Whom does the drinkard help during the "natural disaster"?
4. What "natural disaster" has killed millions of people?
5. On what day after turning red, did everyone in the town die to then settle in the red bush?
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. What does "Faithful-Mother" give the drinkard and his wife when they depart?
3. How does the drinkard escape from the hungry-creature's stomach? Is this realistic?
4. What does the drinkard do when he realizes the townspeople plan to revolt against him?
5. Does the wife's prophecy about the "Invisible-Pawn"--"wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"--come true ?
6. Describe the hungry-creature.
7. When can the drinkard and his wife enter "Dead's Town"? Is this symbolic?
8. In no more than three sentences, comment on the treatment of magic versus realism in this story. Are the two distinguishable within the world of this novel?
9. Compare the juju the drinkard used during difficult situations with the gun he used during difficult situations.
10. Why does the drinkard ask the reader for help in judging the court cases from "mixed town"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain why "death" is an important theme in this novel. Using three examples, demonstrate the different ways in which death is present in the novel and how each of these examples are significant (symbolically, morally, plot-wise, etc.)
Essay Topic 2
Parenting is a difficult task. Analyze the representation of the drinkard and his wife as parents. How are they represented? Is this representation symbolic? What message is being conveyed or lesson taught by their example?
Essay Topic 3
The drinkard kills the red fish and red bird with the gun that Faithful-Mother gave him. Afterward, all the red people ran from him in fear. Earlier in the story, the drinkard used his juju to defeat opponents and instill the same fear in people. Please address this shift in how the drinkard deals with challenges. Be sure to discuss whether this shift is symbolic or not and why.
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