The Palm-Wine Drinkard - Pages 274–302 Quiz

What happens when the narrator and his wife encounter the Hungry Creature?

Question Answer Choices The creature helps them find their way home. The creature becomes their friend. The creature swallows them both. The creature gives them magical powers.

What does the narrator do when he is asked to judge a case in the town of 'mixed' people?

Question Answer Choices He asks for advice from the townspeople. He refuses to judge the case. He adjourns judgment for a year. He immediately makes a decision.

What do the mountain-creatures love to do?

Question Answer Choices They love to dance. They love to cook. They love to fight. They love to sing.

What do the dead babies do when they encounter the narrator and his wife?

Question Answer Choices They offer them food and shelter. They beat them with sticks. They guide them to safety. They ignore them completely.

What does the tapster give to the narrator before he leaves Deads’ Town?

Question Answer Choices A magic stone that grants eternal life. An egg with the power to grant anything he desires. A potion to see the future. A map to find hidden treasures.

What does the narrator use to escape from the Hungry Creature's stomach?

Question Answer Choices He convinces the creature to let him go. He uses a rope to climb out. He uses his cutlass to cut a hole. He uses a magic spell to teleport out.

How does the famine in the narrator's hometown end?

Question Answer Choices The townspeople start growing their own food. The narrator and his friends make a sacrifice to Heaven. A wizard casts a spell to end the famine. The narrator uses the magic egg to create food.

How does the narrator and his wife escape from the giant's bag?

Question Answer Choices They cut a hole in the bag with a knife. They escape while the creatures go to find the huge man. They use a magic spell to disappear. They convince the giant to let them go.

Why can't the tapster return to the narrator's hometown?

Question Answer Choices He is bound by a curse. He is afraid of the living. Their ways are too different. He has forgotten the way back.

Why does the tapster build a small house for the narrator and his wife outside Deads' Town?

Question Answer Choices The town is too crowded for new inhabitants. It is forbidden for those who are still alive to enter Deads' Town. The narrator and his wife prefer to live outside the town. The tapster wants to keep them hidden from others.