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

2. Which of the following is not one of the morals of the story "The Queen Bee"?
(a) Be kind to all creatures.
(b) People can achieve more than is expected of them.
(c) Someone who appears insignificant is not useless.
(d) Those who are evil will get a just punishment.

3. What happens to the goat in "The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack"?
(a) She is eaten by a bear.
(b) She is attacked by a fox.
(c) She is killed by the father.
(d) She is stung by a bee.

4. What is the cracking noise heard at the end of "The Frog-King"?
(a) The coach breaking.
(b) The bands around Henry's heart breaking.
(c) The princess throwing the frog against the wall.
(d) The frog turning into a prince.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the moral of "The Fox and the Geese"?

3. How much time has passed when the servant girl returns home in "The Elves"?

4. Who kidnaps the baby prince in "The Pink"?

5. Which phrase can sum up the idea behind the story of "The Valiant Little Tailor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lesson is being told in the story Mother Holle?

2. What are the similarities between The Queen Bee, The Three Feathers, and The Golden Goose?

3. What are the similarities and differences between The Devil's Sooty Brother and Bearskin?

4. Discuss the sibling bond seen in both The Twelve Brothers and Brother and Sister.

5. What common fairy tale element is shared in The Thief and His Master, Jorinda and Joringel, and How Six Men Got On in the World?

6. What lessons are taught in Old Sultan?

7. How might The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean compare to a fable?

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

9. How is the story of Clever Elsie misleading?

10. Discuss the differences between the two tales of The Wedding of Mrs. Fox and how each portrays Mr. and Mrs. Fox.

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