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

2. In "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs," at whose house does the boy sleep?
(a) A robber's house.
(b) An ogre's house.
(c) A beggar's house.
(d) A witch's house.

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

4. Where did "The Parson and the Sexton" originate?
(a) Norway.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

5. What is the king trying to decide in "The White Cat"?
(a) Whom to kill.
(b) Whom to appoint as an advisor.
(c) Whom to marry.
(d) Whom to give his kingdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must the servant in "Helping to Lie'" help his master do?

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

3. What is the prophecy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

4. What happens to Crack at the end of "Crack and Crook"?

5. "How Men and Women Got Together" is about ________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does the imp possess in "The Brewery of Eggshells"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the dragon in the story "The Longwitton Dragon" protect himself?

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

9. What does the town do in "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" to repay the girl for slaying the serpent?

10. Why did the parson trade clothes with the sexton in "The Parson and the Sexton"?

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