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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 rose symbolize in "The Rose"?
(a) Eternal beauty.
(b) Superhuman strength.
(c) Friendship.
(d) The amount of time left before death.

2. What happens when the boy pours hot wax on the princess' faces in "The Three Black Princesses"?
(a) They turn half white.
(b) They die.
(c) They are burned.
(d) They turn into swans.

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

4. What animal is the second turned into in "The Crystal Ball"?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A raven.
(c) An eagle.
(d) A whale.

5. What do the Seven Swabians carry together?
(a) A garden rake.
(b) A rope.
(c) A spear.
(d) A sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lesson taught in "The Three Green Twigs"?

2. How many years is Maid Maleen locked away?

3. Who dies in "Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven"?

4. Which of the following animals is not mentioned in "The Duration of Life"?

5. How does the girl in "The Star-Money" become rich?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the lesson of The Skillful Huntsman?

3. What is the lesson behind The Three Army Surgeons?

4. Compare Lazy Harry and Lean Lisa.

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

6. What is the story of The Hurds telling readers?

7. What do Our Lady's Little Glass and The Hazel Branch have in common?

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

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

10. The Star-Money and The Stolen Farthings both deal with money. How?

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