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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Earth Starter create so that people could become young again?
(a) A lake.
(b) A tomb.
(c) Hands.
(d) The woods.

3. Who rode on a turtle's back.
(a) The man.
(b) The woman.
(c) The bird.
(d) The child.

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

5. Who is the trickster in chapter 10?
(a) Wulbari.
(b) Manasene.
(c) The old woman.
(d) Ananse.

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

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

8. Who came to tempt the guard when Maidere left?
(a) Ulgen.
(b) Dog.
(c) Erlik.
(d) God.

9. What sound brought Karora's son to life?
(a) A bandicoot call.
(b) The sound of the water.
(c) The sun rising.
(d) Karora's breathing.

10. What was the name of the first man?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Maidere.
(c) Erlik.
(d) Dog.

11. Who came down from the sky?
(a) Earth Starter.
(b) Maidu.
(c) Pehe-ipe.
(d) Coyote.

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

13. Who was in Ilbalintja?
(a) Bandicoot.
(b) Aranda.
(c) Tjenterama.
(d) Karora.

14. What is the name of Nayambi's wife?
(a) Nyambi.
(b) Kamonu.
(c) Spider.
(d) Nasilele.

15. What did Maidere say people would throw at Dog?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Coats.
(d) Stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the old woman doing when she poked Wulbari?

2. What is Ananse?

3. What type of animal is Tjenterama?

4. What covered Karora as he slept?

5. What happened to all of the bandicoots in the area?

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