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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did he feel while moving across the soft ground?
(a) Self-assured.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Confident.
(d) Scared.

2. Who is the Creator in chapter 5?
(a) Phan Ku.
(b) The buffalo.
(c) Woman.
(d) The Old Man.

3. What is the shape of the universe in chapter 4?
(a) A flower.
(b) An apple.
(c) A pea pod.
(d) A hen's egg.

4. What is the name of the mother in chapter 2?
(a) Tangaro.
(b) Quatgoro.
(c) Hebrides.
(d) Quat.

5. Who is Quat the Creator?
(a) The Fool.
(b) One of the sons.
(c) The only daughter.
(d) The father.

6. What happened to the being once it burst from the egg?
(a) He shrank to a dwarf.
(b) He turned into a baby.
(c) He grew into a giant.
(d) He became an old man.

7. What did the Old Man determine would happen to people?
(a) They would live forever.
(b) They would die.
(c) They would determine their own lifespans.
(d) They would become sick, but they would live.

8. What was special about all of Alatangana's children?
(a) They spoke different languages.
(b) Each could speak to animals.
(c) They were psychic.
(d) They each had a different talent.

9. What were nine of the brothers named after?
(a) Tree leaves.
(b) Tea leaves.
(c) Seasons.
(d) Animals.

10. What did the Old Man say when the stone sank?
(a) There would never be another woman.
(b) People would live forever.
(c) People would live only ten years.
(d) There would be an end to people.

11. Which culture does the myth of the Old Man come from?
(a) The Powhatan Indians.
(b) The Navajo Indians.
(c) The Blackfoot Indians.
(d) The Iriquois Indians.

12. What is the name of the great mass inside the egg?
(a) It is called No Thing.
(b) It is called Nothing.
(c) It is called Phan Ku.
(d) It is called the Pod.

13. What did the Old Man throw into the water to determine if the woman and child would live forever?
(a) A stone.
(b) Buffalo chips.
(c) The baby.
(d) Leaves.

14. How many children did Alatangana and Sa's daughter have?
(a) 14.
(b) 19.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

15. What did the Old Man tell the mother and child to do on the fourth day?
(a) Rise up and walk.
(b) Keep him company on his travels.
(c) Populate the earth.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What culture does the Pea-Pod Man come from?

2. Who created death?

3. Where did Quat sail to create night?

4. What is the name of Night in this story?

5. What did Sa create when Alatangana ran off to marry his daughter?

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