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Favorite Folktales from Around the World Quiz

Jane Yolen
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Favorite Folktales from Around the World Quiz

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1)

What happens in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" when the forbidden word is spoken? (from Tricksters, Rogues, and Cheats)

The crops die.
Your tongue falls out.
Choking.
Death.
2)

What animal sums up man's last ten years of life in "The Duration of Life"? (from Death and the World's End)

Dog.
Monkey.
Fox.
Donkey.
3)

In "The Three Sillies," what does the maiden weep over in the basement? (from The Fool: Numbskulls and Noodleheads)

A mallet.
A broken heart.
A dying bird.
A screwdriver.
4)

What do the animals decide to buy in "Why the Hare Runs Away"? (from Tricksters, Rogues, and Cheats)

A bone.
A tractor.
A cave.
A hoe.
5)

In "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet," the men are confused about __________. (from The Fool: Numbskulls and Noodleheads)

Who cut off their wives' toes.
Where their feet want to go.
Whose feet belong to which man.
Whose feet need a pedicure.
6)

In "Talk" something frightens the men. What frightens them? (from Wonder Talkes, Tall Tales, and Brag)

Ghosts speak to them.
Their objects talk.
The sky speaks to them.
The water speaks to them.
7)

In "The Duration of Life," how does God describe the first years of man? (from Death and the World's End)

Hard.
Ferocious.
Silly.
Easy.
8)

What does the young man search for in "Youth Without Age and Life Without Death"? (from Death and the World's End)

Gold.
A wife.
Immortality.
His mother.
9)

In "The Longwitton Dragon," why can the knight not slay the dragon? (from Heros: Likely and Unlikely)

The knight forgot his sword.
The dragon's toe is in the water.
The dragon begs to be forgiven.
The dragon's tail is in the water.
10)

Why does the man return to marry the girl at the end of "The Three Sillies"'? (from The Fool: Numbskulls and Noodleheads)

A witch forces him to return.
He misses her.
He finds people sillier then she is.
He doesn't find anyone sillier then she is.
11)

In "Wicked John and the Devil" what does the devil give to John? (from Folling the Devil)

A child.
A pitchfork.
Money.
A piece of coal.
12)

Where did "The Princess on the Glass Hill" ' originate? (from Wonder Talkes, Tall Tales, and Brag)

Norway.
America.
South Africa.
Canada.
13)

The man in "Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese," is turned into _______________. (from The Fool: Numbskulls and Noodleheads)

A cat.
A frog.
A pig.
A dog.
14)

What does the Rabbi in "It Could Always Be Worse" tell the men to bring into his home? (from The Getting of Wisdom)

Farm Animals.
Sunshine.
Happy children.
Flowers.
15)

In "Coyote Fights a Lump of Pitch," whom does the Coyote trick into taking his place? (from Tricksters, Rogues, and Cheats)

A dog.
A rabbit.
A boar.
A fox.
16)

How is the first brother rewarded when he gives the women a line to their song in "The Two Hunchbacks"? (from Not Quite Human)

They remove his hump.
The give him magical powers.
They give him their daughter.
They give him gold.
17)

In "It Could Always Be Worse," what does the man complain about to his Rabbi? (from The Getting of Wisdom)

His house.
His children.
His wife.
His father-in-law.
18)

What is the woman whom the man discovers in "The Seal's Skin" doing? (from Shape Shifters)

Praying.
Laughing.
Crying.
Singing.
19)

Which member of the family in "A Pretty Girl in the Road" died previously? (from Ghosts and Revenants)

Their mother.
Their daughter.
Their son.
Their father.
20)

In "Jump Into My Sack," what does the boy do with his gifts? (from Death and the World's End)

Buys a wife.
Helps others.
Treats his friends to riches.
Buys a larger house.
21)

What is amazing about the well in "The Longwitton Dragon"? (from Heros: Likely and Unlikely)

It leads to a magic world.
It never empties.
It gives love to all that drink from it.
It gives vitality to all that drink from it.
22)

In the story "Visilisa the Beautiful," from whom does Visilisa try to escape? (from Not Quite Human)

Her stepmother.
Her father.
Her brother.
Her mother.
23)

Who threatens the girl at the start of "The Goose Girl"? (from Wonder Talkes, Tall Tales, and Brag)

The queen.
The prince.
Her maid-in-waiting.
Her sister.
24)

How long does the fisherman have to live in "Then the Merman Laughed"? (from Not Quite Human)

Five days.
Two days.
Three days.
Eight days.
25)

At the end of "Quevedo and the King," Quevedo thinks the king is ___________. (from Tricksters, Rogues, and Cheats)

The queen.
The prince.
His father.
The page boy.
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