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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. In Brother and Sister, how does the brother turn into a fawn?
(a) He steals enchanted food from the witch.
(b) He drinks from a bewitched spring.
(c) His sister accidentally pushes him into a bewitched spring.
(d) His stepmother curses him.

2. Why does the tailor throw the footstool in "The Tailor in Heaven"?
(a) He threw it in anger when he saw an old woman stealing.
(b) He threw it in anger when he saw an old woman washing clothes.
(c) He threw it in joy when he saw an old woman washing clothes.
(d) he threw it in joy when he saw an old woman stealing.

3. What distracts Little Red Cap when she is going to her grandmother's house?
(a) The wolf's stories.
(b) Musical birds.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Nothing.

4. What happens to Faithful John when he tells the king the reason behind certain actions?
(a) He dies.
(b) His tongue burns out.
(c) He becomes blind.
(d) He turns to stone.

5. What sticks to the maiden when she is leaving Mother Holle's home in the story Mother Holle?
(a) Gold.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Pitch.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Clever Hans uses what writing technique to tell the story?

2. What power do the snake leaves have in the story "The Three Snake-Leaves"?

3. To what biblical story is "The Singing Bone" similar?

4. What starts the chain reaction in "The Louse and the Flea"?

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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