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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the third character involved in the first case's conflict?
2. How long is the parade requested by the king supposed to last?
3. What is the drinkard's hobby in the next town they go to after escaping "Hungry-Monster"?
4. What does "Hungry-Monster" cry?
5. How does the drinkard put an end to the "natural disaster"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the "Red-Lady" and her fashion taste.
2. How are the people of Dead's Town different from living humans?
3. Why does the drinkard let the hungry-creature eat him?
4. What themes do we find in "The Invisible-Pawn" chapter that we have seen in earlier chapters?
5. How do the townspeople treat the drinkard after the egg breaks?
6. Does the wife's prophecy about the "Invisible-Pawn"--"wonderful hard worker, but he would be a wonderful robber in future"--come true ?
7. Describe how the "Invisible-Pawn" gets his work done.
8. Does the palm-wine drinkard receive a positive or negative reception from tapster in Dead's Town? How so?
9. Compare the juju the drinkard used during difficult situations with the gun he used during difficult situations.
10. Describe the group of four hundred dead babies the drinkard and his wife meet on the road.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are three prominent female characters in The Palm-wine Drinkard. Describe each and their significance within the novel. Next, compare and contrast their roles. Finally, address this question: Is their being female the only thing that ties them together?
Essay Topic 2
Explain why "death" is an important theme in this novel. Using three examples, demonstrate the different ways in which death is present in the novel and how each of these examples are significant (symbolically, morally, plot-wise, etc.)
Essay Topic 3
Although The Palm-wine Drinkard is written by a Nigerian author and set in Nigeria, readers from anywhere can understand and appreciate it in their own way. What is universal about this story and why? Give at least three examples.
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