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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 274-285.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the man with eyes in back of his knees chase the drinkard and his wife?
(a) They knew each other from the drinkard's home town.
(b) They made fun of his odd body.
(c) They stole his cowrie, which had fallen on the ground.
(d) They took a cola from the image of a basket.

2. Why do the drinkard and his wife stay by the river for a whole month?
(a) They are under a spell.
(b) They are waiting for the rainy season to end.
(c) They have good friends.
(d) They are making and saving up money.

3. What is the drinkard's financial situation when he meets Drums, Song, and Dance?
(a) It is not specified.
(b) He is financially stable.
(c) He is penniless.
(d) He is very rich.

4. What was the tapster called before he died?
(a) Tappy.
(b) Zurrjir.
(c) Baity.
(d) Pinto.

5. Why does the drinkard cut down a tree when he and his wife reach the river?
(a) He carves it into weapons.
(b) He carves it into a paddle.
(c) He carves it into a boat.
(d) He makes his wife a wooden doll.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the drinkard and his wife escape the people of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town"?

2. According to the tapster, why do "alives" and "deads" not live together?

3. What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king?

4. What are the houses in "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" like?

5. How is the bush described that the drinkard and his wife next travel through?

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