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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. Who helps the men solve their problem in "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet"?
(a) Their wives.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Their boss.
(d) A stranger.

2. In "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" what other role does the queen play?
(a) She is a poet.
(b) She is a seamstress.
(c) She is a knight.
(d) She is a witch.

3. What does the king send for in "Wagging My Tail in the Mud"?
(a) A queen.
(b) A singer.
(c) A poet.
(d) A knight.

4. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?
(a) He has no eyelids.
(b) He has a cleft lip.
(c) He has eleven toes.
(d) His hand is curled tight.

5. Who helps the spider in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories"?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) His mother.
(d) His brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows," the weeds turn into _____________.

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

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

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

5. Why is Glooscap sad in "Glooscap and the Baby"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the servant tell his lord at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What did the infant child in "The Two Pickpockets" steal from the midwife?

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