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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 217-223.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the woman, who is held captive by Skull, have around her neck?
(a) A cowrie.
(b) Some juju.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A scarf.

3. Why does the protagonist leave his town?
(a) He leaves in search of the dead tapster.
(b) He follows the woman he wants to marry.
(c) There is a famine and he is hungry.
(d) He is exiled by his family.

4. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?
(a) His father had one leg.
(b) His father lived to be 106 years old.
(c) His father was the richest man in their town.
(d) His father had 13 children.

5. Zurrjir is described as a "wonderful" child because ________.
(a) He helps out in the kitchen.
(b) If one hundred men tried to fight him, he is so strong he would just flog them away.
(c) If there were a famine, he would travel miles to find and bring back food for his family.
(d) He has the special power to creat palm-wine out of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must happen so the woman can eat and speak again?

2. What won't "half-bodied baby" let his parents do?

3. Who do the townspeople want to exile?

4. What does the woman's father finally tell the drinkard?

5. What is true about the "highway men"?

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