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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the dog in "The Dog and The Sparrow"?
(a) He is run over by a waggoner and killed.
(b) He is shot and killed.
(c) He is shot and injured.
(d) He is run over by a waggoner and is injured.

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

4. What negative quality is expressed in "The Wolf and the Fox"?
(a) Disloyalty.
(b) Bragging.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Greed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first stepsister do to get her foot to fit in the golden slipper in Cinderella?

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

3. In "The Juniper Tree," what present does the bird give to Marlene?

4. What did Death use to show the length of life a person has left in "Godfather Death"?

5. What is "The Willow-Wren and the Bear" a story of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Snow-White is usually told as a fairy tale to entertain little girls, what is the lesson of Little Snow-White?

2. Discuss Gretel's character in Clever Gretel.

3. What does Gambling Hansel explain of the world?

4. Why is The Robber Bridegroom considered a dark tale?

5. What is the lesson in The Pink?

6. What is the lesson in The Raven?

7. What is the lesson in the fairy tale, The Dog and the Sparrow?

8. The Louse and the Flea and Clever Hans both use different story-telling styles than many of the other fairy tales. What techniques do they use?

9. How does King Thrushbeard trick the princess? Why?

10. What is the similarity between The Singing, Soaring Lark, and The King of the Golden Mountain?

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