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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the king demand from the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
2. What is wrong with the couple's marriage in "What Happened to Hadji"?
3. What is wrong with the handsome suitor in "Mr. Fox"?
4. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," why does Hodja say he can't return the original item?
5. What contest must suitors enter in "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say You're a Liar!"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did the parson trade clothes with the sexton in "The Parson and the Sexton"?
2. Into what does the oldest man in "The Seventh Father of the House"' fit?
3. 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?
4. In "Glooscap and the Baby" how does the baby defeat Glooscap?
5. What is wrong with Mr. Fox in the story "Mr. Fox"?
6. What does the town do in "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" to repay the girl for slaying the serpent?
7. How does the dragon in the story "The Longwitton Dragon" protect himself?
8. Who do the three brothers try to trick in "The Tall Tales" and why? What becomes of the brothers?
9. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," how does the Hodja manage to keep the cauldron?
10. Why are the girl and her family crying in "The Three Sillies"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the moral about life and death presented in "Jump Into My Sack." Compare this with one other story in the section "Death and the World's End."
Essay Topic 2
What is the history of folktales and the oral tradition? Describe why folktales from different countries are sometimes similar. Provide examples from this book.
Essay Topic 3
Define the conflict of good versus evil in the story "Wicked John and the Devil." Contrast this story with one other folktale of your choice.
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