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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Hermits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Each Kalandar is...
(a) Cursed.
(b) Crippled.
(c) Blind in the left eye.
(d) Blind in the right eye.

2. What do the sons of the Wazir of Cairo think they should do in order to have a son and a daughter so that the cousins will pledge to marry?
(a) Consult the Holy Book.
(b) Go to the king for blessings.
(c) Invoke a Jinni.
(d) Get married on the same day,

3. Who does King Shahryar send to give gifts to his brother?
(a) The Jinni.
(b) The queen.
(c) A wealthy merchant farmer.
(d) The Wazir.

4. Upon seeing his father a second time, Ajib believes his father to be a what?
(a) A king.
(b) A peasant.
(c) A hunchback.
(d) Cook.

5. In The Tale of The Birds And The Beasts And The Carpenter, who are the first two characters that the duck meets?
(a) The peahen and the cub.
(b) The peacock and the monkey.
(c) The lynx and the lion.
(d) The peacock and peahen.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the First Kalandar, when he returned to his kingdom for the first time, he found what?

2. In The Tale of the Three Apples, who does the Caliph decree responsible for the woman's death?

3. Whose pet does the baboon prince become?

4. In The Tale of the Portress in Chapter 3, what is the title of the third sister?

5. The eldest of the Three Ladies of Baghdad speaks of two black dogs. Who are they?

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