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

2. How does the witch in Hansel and Gretel die?
(a) Gretel pushes her into the oven.
(b) The siblings murder her.
(c) The witch does not die.
(d) Hansel pushes her into the oven.

3. What do the cat and mouse store in the church in the story "The Cat and Mouse in Partnership"?
(a) A jar of honey.
(b) A jar of milk.
(c) A jar of cheese.
(d) A jar of fat.

4. In "The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack," what does the first son become?
(a) A tailor.
(b) A carpenter journeyman.
(c) An apprentice to a turner.
(d) A miller's apprentice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cracking noise heard at the end of "The Frog-King"?

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

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

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