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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. Why do the kids let the wolf inside in "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"?
(a) The wolf makes his paw white and pretends to be the mother.
(b) The wolf pretends to be the grandmother.
(c) The wolf blows the door down.
(d) The wolf says he is selling things for children.

2. What happens to Faithful John when he tells the king the reason behind certain actions?
(a) He becomes blind.
(b) His tongue burns out.
(c) He dies.
(d) He turns to stone.

3. In "Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was," how does the boy finally learn about fear?
(a) The king jumps at him.
(b) The ghost in the haunted house scares him.
(c) The large black animals in the haunted house spook him.
(d) His wife throws fish on him.

4. In "Our Lady's Child," what does the maiden refuse to do?
(a) Tell the truth.
(b) Leave Heaven.
(c) Tell a lie.
(d) Leave Earth for Heaven.

5. What happens to the goat in "The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack"?
(a) She is killed by the father.
(b) She is eaten by a bear.
(c) She is stung by a bee.
(d) She is attacked by a fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What power did the servant in "The White Snake" receive?

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

3. What causes the princes to turn into ravens in "The Twelve Brothers"?

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

5. What was behind the mill "The Maiden Without Hands" that the devil claimed?

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