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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. Where does Anansi hide his treasures in "Getting Common Sense"?
(a) Under his bed.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a tree.
(d) In a vault.

2. In "Getting Common Sense," Anansi wants to charge people for ___________.
(a) Trips down the river.
(b) Advice.
(c) Tutoring.
(d) Cooking.

3. In "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka," the brother turns into _____________.
(a) A dragon.
(b) A horse.
(c) A goat.
(d) A pig.

4. In the story "Visilisa the Beautiful," from whom does Visilisa try to escape?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

5. What does the Rabbi in "It Could Always Be Worse" tell the men to bring into his home?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Farm Animals.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Happy children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Talk," who sends the frightened men away?

2. In "The King of Ireland's Son," what game must Art play?

3. What is the woman whom the man discovers in "The Seal's Skin" doing?

4. What does Visilisa keep in her pocket until she dies?

5. What is the true identity of the brother's wife in "The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the moral of "It Could Always Be Worse" arrived at?

2. What does the man find out about the girl he falls in love with in "A Pretty Girl in the Road"?

3. How does the poor man outsmart the rich man in "Rich Man, Poor Man"?

4. What is the bargain between the devil and the peasant in "Peasant and the Devil"?

5. Why does the man have only three days to live according to "Then the Merman Laughed"?

6. How did the Pueblo Indians come to be?

7. Why are the two sisters jealous of their other sister in "The Promises of the Three Sisters"?

8. What rule does Orpheus break in "Orpheus and Eurydice"? What is the result?

9. Why does the girl weep in "The Seal's Skin"?

10. How does the lurikeen trick the girl in "Bridget and the Lurikeen"?

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