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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. When the drinkard and his wife are captured and put in a bag, what are the other creatures in the bag like?
(a) Furry and soft.
(b) Sticky like gum.
(c) Smooth as pebbles.
(d) Sharp as sand paper.

2. Why do the drinkard and his wife leave the town?
(a) It is just time to move on.
(b) "Invisible-Pawn" kills all the natives and now they are the only ones left in the town.
(c) They are scared of a revolt.
(d) They are scared of "Invisible-Pawn."

3. How long do the drinkard and his wife stay with the wise king?
(a) 5 hours.
(b) 1.5 years.
(c) 15 days.
(d) 15 hours.

4. What were the red people before they became red people?
(a) Fish.
(b) Birds.
(c) Human beings.
(d) Blue people.

5. How many creatures are in the bag with the drinkard and his wife?
(a) 9.
(b) 17.
(c) 3.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dead babies do the drinkard and his wife meet on the road?

2. Who puts the drinkard and his wife in the huge bag?

3. Where do the drinkard and his wife go to get their heads treated?

4. What does the tapster do for the drinkard and his wife?

5. Why does the drinkard make the rule that he would only serve people outside?

Short Essay Questions

1. How could the magic egg be seen as symbolic?

2. Why does the drinkard let the hungry-creature eat him?

3. When can the drinkard and his wife enter "Dead's Town"? Is this symbolic?

4. What did the drinkard and his wife do with their death and fear? Why is this significant?

5. Does the wife's prophecy about the "Invisible-Pawn"--"wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"--come true ?

6. What does the drinkard do when he realizes the townspeople plan to revolt against him?

7. In no more than three sentences, comment on the treatment of magic versus realism in this story. Are the two distinguishable within the world of this novel?

8. Describe the hungry-creature.

9. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard when comes home and shares his powerful egg?

10. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?

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