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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Tricksters, Rogues, and Cheats.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with the handsome suitor in "Mr. Fox"?
(a) He is a murderer.
(b) He is a woman.
(c) He is poor.
(d) He is already married.

2. Who is a liar in the "The Parson and the Sexton"?
(a) The queen.
(b) The king.
(c) The sexton.
(d) The parson.

3. Why is Glooscap sad in "Glooscap and the Baby"?
(a) His mother died.
(b) He lives alone.
(c) He defeated everyone.
(d) He didn't become king.

4. In "Merry Prank," the king wants to see if ________is more clever then his jesters.
(a) Hal.
(b) Tyll.
(c) The Prince.
(d) The queen.

5. How does the woman in "The Brewery of Eggshells," discover the child is not hers?
(a) She makes an omelette.
(b) She brews eggshells.
(c) She paints eggshells.
(d) She poaches eggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the main tricksters in "The Tall Tales"?

2. What does Ansai ask people to count in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi"?

3. At the end of "Quevedo and the King," Quevedo thinks the king is ___________.

4. What do the pickpockets in "The Two Pickpockets" hope their children become?

5. Who comes to the bride's rescue in the story "The Prayer that was Answered"'?

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