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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the king of Wraith Island forget to chose to help clear the fields?
(a) An witch.
(b) His cousin.
(c) A tiny creature.
(d) A transparent spirit.

2. What are the people of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" like?
(a) They are well versed in philosophy.
(b) They do things backwards and incorrectly.
(c) They are sweet and pleasant.
(d) They all have three eyes.

3. What does the drinkard light on fire?
(a) The building where Zurrjir sleeps.
(b) The town hall.
(c) A palm-wine tree.
(d) Skull's hole.

4. How do the drinkard and his wife end up in the white tree?
(a) They climb the tree, then fall through a shoot.
(b) The tree's hands grab them and bring them in.
(c) They fall through a hole into another world.
(d) They enter through the back door.

5. Why is the terrible animal mad?
(a) The drinkard has not sacrificed to him.
(b) The drinkard killed him in another life.
(c) The drinkard has sentenced him to death.
(d) The drinkard shot him accidentally.

6. How do the drinkard and his wife escape the people of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town"?
(a) They burn down the town.
(b) They create a flood with their juju.
(c) They sneak away at night
(d) They fly away on the eagle.

7. What does Skull make the woman sit on?
(a) A mushroom.
(b) A rotting log.
(c) A bullfrog.
(d) A stool.

8. What happens when the drinkard brings Death to the old man (a god)?
(a) Death kills everyone in the town.
(b) The old man and his wife run away in fear.
(c) The old man tells the drinkard where the tapster is.
(d) The old man and his wife both die.

9. What is the Termite House actually?
(a) An ant farm.
(b) A tree trunk.
(c) A market.
(d) A library.

10. What are the people like in Wraith-Island?
(a) Always busy.
(b) Very nice and loving.
(c) Very talkative.
(d) Very violent and mean.

11. What does the drinkard turn himself into to escape the creatures in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
(a) A fire.
(b) Hot water.
(c) Ice.
(d) A tornado.

12. What color are the creatures the drinkard meets in "No road--out to travel from bust to bush to the Dead's town"?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

13. Why do the attendants bring an eagle?
(a) To kill it and eat it.
(b) To take out the eyes of the drinkard and his wife.
(c) Because it sings a special song.
(d) To ride on it to the next town.

14. While living in Wraith Island, what is the drinkard's profession?
(a) Judge.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Tapster.
(d) Doctor.

15. Whom does the drinkard and his wife meet personally the night, after meeting the king?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Dance.
(c) Snort.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the "half-bodied baby" appear?

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

3. What was notable about the the protagonist's father?

4. What important question does the king of "Unreturnable-Heaven's Town" ask the drinkard and his wife?

5. Who gave the drinkard the juju he uses to turn himself into a large bird?

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