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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 does the boy do when the old woman is on fire in "The Old Beggar Woman"?
(a) Throw water on her.
(b) Throw her into the fire.
(c) Point and laugh.
(d) Stand and watch.

2. Who accompanies the poor man in watching over the rich man's grave on the third night in "The Grave Mound"?
(a) The devil.
(b) A soldier.
(c) The rich man's wife.
(d) His wife.

3. What character trait saves the princess from a life of servitude in "Old Rinkrank"?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Arrogance.

4. What does "The Ear of Corn" remind people not to be?
(a) Haughty.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Wasteful.
(d) Greedy.

5. What does the girl have to steal away from the old woman in "The Old Woman in the Wood"?
(a) A key.
(b) A ring.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grows on the oldest daughter's nose in "St. Joseph in the Forest"?

2. What is the goose girl's true identity in "The Goose-Girl at the Well"?

3. What does the rose symbolize in "The Rose"?

4. What does the tailor do to his wife in "Sharing Sorrow and Joy"?

5. How many years is Maid Maleen locked away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the lesson to be learned in Death's Messengers?

2. Discuss the use of the colors black and white in The White Bride and the Black Bride and The Three Black Princesses.

3. What is The Twelve Apostles about?

4. What is the lesson of The Skillful Huntsman?

5. What is the idea behind The Old Man Made Young Again?

6. Compare and contrast Hans in The Griffin and Strong Hans.

7. What happens to the horse in The Nail? Why? What does this signify?

8. What is the moral of The Owl?

9. Why is the fourth child in The Sparrow and His Four Children considered to have found the best home? What message is being sent?

10. What is the message in Eve's Various Children?

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