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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Death when the drinkard reaches his house?
(a) In his yam garden.
(b) By the river.
(c) In his house.
(d) On the roof.

3. Why won't the people of Wraith Island leave with the drinkard and his wife?
(a) They are too weak too travel.
(b) They have a festival coming up.
(c) It is prohibited for them to cross their border.
(d) They do not like the drinkard and his wife.

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

5. Why do the drinkard and his wife stay by the river for a whole month?
(a) They are making and saving up money.
(b) They have good friends.
(c) They are under a spell.
(d) They are waiting for the rainy season to end.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does this character do in return for being forgotten by the king?

2. The "half-bodied baby" commands his mother to _________.

3. What is NOT true about the market's owner?

4. Why does the drinkard cry when he first sees the complete gentleman?

5. What did Zurrjir love to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When following and spying on Skull, what does the drinkard turn himself into and why?

2. What kind of story is this? How is it told?

3. How do the drinkard and his wife eventually escape from the white creatures?

4. What is symbolic about the magic seeds?

5. Describe "Laugh."

6. Why couldn't the people of Wraith-Island accompany the drinkar and his wife to their next destination? Have you noticed this problem in previous chapters?

7. Describe the palm-wine drinkard's relationship with his friends at the beginning of the story.

8. Who is the narrator of this novel? What is he like?

9. Describe Death and his house.

10. Comment on the parent-child relationship, during "On the Way to an Unknown Place." What is significant about the characters' roles?

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