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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Bandicoot?
(a) A small cat.
(b) A type of mouse.
(c) A chinchilla.
(d) A large rat.

2. How many children did Great Mother have?
(a) One.
(b) Three, triplets.
(c) Two, twins.
(d) Six.

3. Where is the myth of Earth Starter from?
(a) Chile.
(b) Benin.
(c) Colorado.
(d) California.

4. Why did Turtle want Earth Starter to create land?
(a) So she could lay eggs.
(b) Because he wanted to get away from Pehe-ipe.
(c) So he could leave the raft.
(d) So he could walk.

5. Why did Spider lower a thread for Nyambi?
(a) So Kamonu could find him.
(b) So he could view his creations.
(c) So Spider could eath Nyambi.
(d) So he could escape Kamonu.

6. Which brother won the duel?
(a) Tawis-kinga.
(b) Tawis-karong.
(c) Tijus-keha.
(d) Tijus-khan.

7. How many children did the woman have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

8. What did Ulgen ask Maidere?
(a) Why the other men never changed.
(b) If he liked Erlik.
(c) If he would be his partner in creating the earth.
(d) To promise never to try to take his power.

9. How long was Turtle gone collecting earth?
(a) Ten months.
(b) One year.
(c) Six years.
(d) Five days.

10. Who was left to guard the woman Maidere was trying to make?
(a) Dog.
(b) God.
(c) Erlik.
(d) Ulgen.

11. What is the myth in chapter 12 called by the Lozi people of Zambia?
(a) The Treefell.
(b) The Earth-Diver.
(c) The Creation Story.
(d) The Divine Myth.

12. What was the old woman doing when she poked Wulbari?
(a) Setting up an alter.
(b) Frying a fish.
(c) Playing with children.
(d) Stirring a pot.

13. What was Maidere's answer to Ulgen's question?
(a) They needed women to change.
(b) They needed education to be happy.
(c) They wanted to be able to die.
(d) They were not having any fun.

14. What did Earth Starter make last?
(a) Animals.
(b) Birds.
(c) Trees.
(d) People.

15. What fell from the sky?
(a) A child.
(b) A man.
(c) A bird.
(d) A woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ulgen become upset with Erlik?

2. In chapter 6, Where did Ulgen see the face of a man?

3. Who was Earth Starters sister?

4. What did Ulgen order Maidere to come down from the mountain and create?

5. According to chapter 11, in the beginning there was only water and what?

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