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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 207-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dies in the fire that the drinkard starts?
(a) The drinkard's son.
(b) The woman's father.
(c) Skull.
(d) The complete gentleman.

2. What does the old man (a god) give the drinkard to catch Death?
(a) Some garlic.
(b) A black bag.
(c) A net.
(d) A spear.

3. What does the woman's father finally tell the drinkard?
(a) Who died in the fire.
(b) That he can marry the woman.
(c) That he is also the drinkard's father.
(d) Where he can find the tapster.

4. Who is Zurrjir?
(a) Skull's brother.
(b) The complete gentleman.
(c) The woman's father.
(d) The drinkard's son.

5. What does "Zurrjir" mean?
(a) Father of gods who could do everthing in the world.
(b) Born from a thumb.
(c) A son who would change himself into another thing soon.
(d) Insatiable appetite.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, what was the only type of money used in the protagonist's town?

2. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

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

4. Who figures out how to help the woman eat and speak again?

5. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?

(see the answer key)

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