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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. How many tribes exist at the start of "How Men and Women Got Together"?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

3. What does the woman pray for in "The Prayer that was Answered"?
(a) Rain will come.
(b) Her husband will die.
(c) Her daughter will marry a wealthy man.
(d) She will have a baby.

4. In "Quevedo and the King," why is the king upset with Quevedo?
(a) Quevedo plots to kill the king.
(b) Quevedo is lazy.
(c) Quevedo kisses the queen.
(d) Quevedo plays pranks.

5. In "Nars-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit," whom does the Hodja address at the beginning of the story?
(a) The reader.
(b) His parents.
(c) His students.
(d) His congregation.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet," the men are confused about __________.

2. In "Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese," what does the man refuse to say?

3. What does Jack carry home in "Lazy Jack"?

4. What is wrong with the handsome suitor in "Mr. Fox"?

5. What does the king demand from the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the girl and her family crying in "The Three Sillies"?

2. How does the hare anger the other animals in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

3. What does the sky god in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories" want in exchange for stories?

4. What does the man put in his trunk in "The Prayer that was Answered"? What does he discover in his trunk when he arrives home?

5. Why does the Hodja walk out of the service the first time in "Nars-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit "?

6. Why does the rich man in "Lazy Jack" give his daughter to Jack in marriage?

7. What makes the poet in "Wagging My Tail in the Mud" truly happy?

8. Into what does the oldest man in "The Seventh Father of the House"' fit?

9. How are the sea creatures created in "Sedna"?

10. Who do the three brothers try to trick in "The Tall Tales" and why? What becomes of the brothers?

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