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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of Clever Hans uses what writing technique to tell the story?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Limerick.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Dialogue.

2. What magic is seen in "Sweet Porridge"?
(a) A pot that talks.
(b) A pot that makes and stops porridge at a command.
(c) A never-ending fire that cooks never-ending porridge.
(d) A pot of porridge that continually refills itself without overflowing.

3. Why does the guest in Clever Gretel run away?
(a) Gretel has told him her master will cut off his ears.
(b) The master has told him he will cut off his ears.
(c) The master has told him he wants only one of his ears.
(d) Gretel has told him the chicken is poisoned.

4. What job does the bird have that he ends up wanting to switch in "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage"?
(a) Bringing home firewood.
(b) Cooking and setting the table.
(c) Light the fire.
(d) Carry water.

5. What negative quality is expressed in "The Wolf and the Man"?
(a) Greed.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Bragging.

6. Who kidnaps the baby prince in "The Pink"?
(a) The butler.
(b) The servant.
(c) The cook.
(d) The maid.

7. With whom does the peasant trade places when he is sentenced to be killed in "The Little Peasant"?
(a) No one.
(b) Another peasant.
(c) A cow herder.
(d) A shepherd.

8. What is the moral of "The Fox and the Geese"?
(a) Be careful what you wish for.
(b) Be careful you who turn away.
(c) Think carefully before making a promise.
(d) Don't try to cheat Death.

9. What item does the second son receive in "The Three Sons of Fortune"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bag of gold.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A rooster.

10. For how many years is Briar-Rose asleep?
(a) Two hundred.
(b) Five hundred.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Ten.

11. What is "The Willow-Wren and the Bear" a story of?
(a) Love and romance.
(b) Mistaken identity.
(c) Trickery.
(d) Luck and intelligence.

12. Why do the kids let the wolf inside in "The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids"?
(a) The wolf makes his paw white and pretends to be the mother.
(b) The wolf blows the door down.
(c) The wolf pretends to be the grandmother.
(d) The wolf says he is selling things for children.

13. Who wants to cook Fundevogel?
(a) The witch.
(b) The cook.
(c) The servant.
(d) The stepmother.

14. What common fairy tale motif is seen in "Hans Married"?
(a) Trickery.
(b) Talking animals.
(c) An evil stepmother.
(d) A quest.

15. What does the first stepsister do to get her foot to fit in the golden slipper in Cinderella?
(a) Cut off her big toe.
(b) Chop off her heel.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Cut off all her toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a common fairy tale motif found in "The Goose-Girl"?

2. What is something similar in "The Three Little Birds" and "The Water of Life"?

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

4. What does Thumbling use as a sword in "Thumbling's Travels"?

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

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