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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 285-293.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is true about the "highway men"?
(a) They charge tolls.
(b) They are all red.
(c) They come in gangs.
(d) They are very short.

3. On the way to Dead's Town, the drinkard and his wife get lost and ask to follow a man with a sack. What is in the sack?
(a) The tapster.
(b) A dead prince.
(c) Rice.
(d) Nine creepy creatures.

4. What are the houses in "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" like?
(a) They are thatched with grass.
(b) They are three stories.
(c) They have one room.
(d) They are underground.

5. Where did the tapster go after leaving town?
(a) Mixed Town.
(b) Palm-wine Grove.
(c) Dead's Town.
(d) Unreturnable-Heaven's Town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the parade requested by the king supposed to last?

2. What "right thing" does the old man (a god) want the drinkard to bring back from the black-smith?

3. What is the bed in Death's house made of?

4. Who is the terrible animal?

5. Why is the terrible animal mad?

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