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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Louse and the Flea | The Girl Without Hands | Clever Hans | The Three Languages | Clever Elsie | The Tailor in Heaven | The Wishing Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of Clever Hans uses what writing technique to tell the story?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Dialogue.

2. What starts the chain reaction in "The Louse and the Flea"?
(a) The door is creaking.
(b) The louse is scalded.
(c) The dung heap is burning.
(d) The flea is weeping.

3. In Brother and Sister, how does the brother turn into a fawn?
(a) He drinks from a bewitched spring.
(b) His sister accidentally pushes him into a bewitched spring.
(c) His stepmother curses him.
(d) He steals enchanted food from the witch.

4. What power do the snake leaves have in the story "The Three Snake-Leaves"?
(a) To kill someone.
(b) To bring someone back from the dead.
(c) To make someone tell the truth.
(d) To remove a curse.

5. To what biblical story is "The Singing Bone" similar?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Noah.
(c) Cain and Abel.
(d) Solomon the King.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the lord ravens in "The Seven Ravens" know that their sister is near?

2. Why do the kids let the wolf inside in "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"?

3. In "The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack," what does the first son become?

4. In "Our Lady's Child," what does the maiden refuse to do?

5. In "The Three Little Men in the Woods," what does the stepmother send the maiden out in search of and in what season?

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