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

2. What does Hodja tell the owner happened to the second item he borrowed in "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?
(a) It died.
(b) It had a baby.
(c) It broke.
(d) He lost it.

3. What is the man in "The Seventh Father of the House" looking for?
(a) Food.
(b) A job.
(c) A new bride.
(d) A place to stay.

4. Who comes to the bride's rescue in the story "The Prayer that was Answered"'?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A shepherd.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A chieftan.

5. Where did "The King's Favorite" originate?
(a) China.
(b) England.
(c) Iceland.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king give to the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

2. How does Wasis respond to Glooscoop in "Glooscap and the Baby"?

3. Jack causes a deaf girl to laugh in "Lazy Jack." What is his reward?

4. In "The King's Favorite," when does the king remember the girl's disobedience?

5. What do the animals decide to buy in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does "The King's Favorite" fall from grace?

3. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," how does the Hodja manage to keep the cauldron?

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

5. How does the young boy trick the king in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

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

7. Why is the king in "Quevedo and the King" mad at Quevedo?

8. In the story "The Waiting Maid's Parrot," how does the young boy find the buried girl?

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

10. In "Glooscap and the Baby" how does the baby defeat Glooscap?

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