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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many dead babies do the drinkard and his wife meet on the road?
(a) 4.
(b) 4000.
(c) 400.
(d) 40.

2. Who gave the drinkard the juju he uses to turn himself into a large bird?
(a) Spirit of Prey.
(b) His father.
(c) A ghost.
(d) Water Spirt Woman.

3. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.
(a) Carry him on her shoulders.
(b) Carry him in her arms.
(c) Carry him on her head.
(d) Carry him on her back.

4. What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king?
(a) He goes staight to the king to complain.
(b) He leaves Wraith Island.
(c) He clears the field himself to get some attention.
(d) He undoes all the work everyone else had done in the field.

5. What do the dead babies do?
(a) Roll to their destinations.
(b) Beg for milk.
(c) Sing happy nursery rhymes.
(d) Beat with sticks the adults who pass by.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does wife forget in the ashes?

2. Before entering the white tree, what do the drinkard and his wife do?

3. Who is inside the white tree?

4. Why does the man with eyes in back of his knees chase the drinkard and his wife?

5. Which description is NOT true about "half-bodied baby"?

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