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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Louse and the Flea | The Girl Without Hands | Clever Hans | The Three Languages | Clever Elsie | The Tailor in Heaven | The Wishing Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase can sum up the idea behind the story of "The Valiant Little Tailor"?
(a) Tit for tat.
(b) Tat for tit.
(c) Brawn before brains.
(d) Brains over brawn.

2. To what biblical story is "The Singing Bone" similar?
(a) Cain and Abel.
(b) Solomon the King.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Noah.

3. What causes the princes to turn into ravens in "The Twelve Brothers"?
(a) Their father, the king, has a curse put on them.
(b) Benjamin picks the twelve flowers by the cottage.
(c) An evil witch puts a curse on them.
(d) Their sister picks the twelve flowers by the cottage.

4. In "Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was," how does the boy finally learn about fear?
(a) The ghost in the haunted house scares him.
(b) The large black animals in the haunted house spook him.
(c) His wife throws fish on him.
(d) The king jumps at him.

5. What starts the chain reaction in "The Louse and the Flea"?
(a) The flea is weeping.
(b) The dung heap is burning.
(c) The door is creaking.
(d) The louse is scalded.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is inside the house that the animals in "The Bremen Town Musicians" come across?

2. Why does the tailor throw the footstool in "The Tailor in Heaven"?

3. What distracts Little Red Cap when she is going to her grandmother's house?

4. Why do the kids let the wolf inside in "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"?

5. In "The Three Little Men in the Woods," what does the stepmother send the maiden out in search of and in what season?

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