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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. What distracts Little Red Cap when she is going to her grandmother's house?
(a) The wolf's stories.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Musical birds.

2. What is the story "The Gold-Children" about?
(a) The hate of family.
(b) The beauty of men.
(c) The greed of men.
(d) The love of family.

3. What fairy tale motif is found in "The Peasant's Wise Daughter"?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Trickery.
(c) Magic.
(d) Love.

4. Who wants to cook Fundevogel?
(a) The witch.
(b) The servant.
(c) The stepmother.
(d) The cook.

5. What did Death use to show the length of life a person has left in "Godfather Death"?
(a) Yarn.
(b) A book.
(c) Candles.
(d) Trees and leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the rooster and hen do with the needle at the inn in "The Pack of Ragamuffins"?

2. What is "The Willow-Wren and the Bear" a story of?

3. What item does the second son receive in "The Three Sons of Fortune"?

4. Which tale of "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" shows Mr. Fox in a better light?

5. Most of Clever Hans uses what writing technique to tell the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson is being told in the story Mother Holle?

2. What common fairy tale element is shared in The Thief and His Master, Jorinda and Joringel, and How Six Men Got On in the World?

3. What is the irony in The Water-Nixie?

4. What is the lesson in The Pink?

5. Discuss the differences between the two tales of The Wedding of Mrs. Fox and how each portrays Mr. and Mrs. Fox.

6. What is the moral of The Poor Man and the Rich Man?

7. Why is The Robber Bridegroom considered a dark tale?

8. What is the similarity between The Singing, Soaring Lark, and The King of the Golden Mountain?

9. What are the similarities and differences between The Devil's Sooty Brother and Bearskin?

10. How does King Thrushbeard trick the princess? Why?

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