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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Very Young and the Very Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Man Who Had No Story," what does the elderly couple ask Brian to do?
(a) Make them some dinner.
(b) Milk their cow.
(c) Sing them a song.
(d) Tell them a fairytell.

2. From which group of people does the story "Glooscap and the Baby" come?
(a) Eskimos.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) American Indians.

3. On what condition are the tricksters released in "The Tall Tales"?
(a) They pay 5,000 dollars.
(b) They leave the country.
(c) They chop off their left hand.
(d) They never lie again.

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

5. In "The King's Favorite," when does the king remember the girl's disobedience?
(a) When she is old.
(b) He does not remember.
(c) When she dies.
(d) On her 13th birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Wagging My Tail in the Mud," what animal is happiest wagging it's tail?

2. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?

3. What transports Brian to a far away land in "The Man Who Had No Story"?

4. Where did "The Parson and the Sexton" originate?

5. What does the servant tell the nobleman at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

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