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

2. In "Our Lady's Child," what does the maiden refuse to do?
(a) Tell the truth.
(b) Tell a lie.
(c) Leave Earth for Heaven.
(d) Leave Heaven.

3. What do the rooster and hen do with the needle at the inn in "The Pack of Ragamuffins"?
(a) They stick him into the innkeeper's easy chair.
(b) They use him to crack the hen's egg to eat.
(c) They throw him in the hearth to turn hot.
(d) They stick him into the innkeeper's towel.

4. 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.

5. What is the proof that the prince has against the princess in "The Riddle"?
(a) Three cloaks.
(b) Three ravens.
(c) Three clocks.
(d) Three drinks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the princes to turn into ravens in "The Twelve Brothers"?

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

3. What job does the bird have that he ends up wanting to switch in "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage"?

4. How do the lord ravens in "The Seven Ravens" know that their sister is near?

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

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