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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Very Young and the Very Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the pickpockets in "The Two Pickpockets" hope their children become?
(a) Circus clowns.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Acrobats.
(d) Pickpockets.

2. What happens in "The Brewery of Eggshells" when the woman performs the test on her child?
(a) Snow falls.
(b) The baby talks.
(c) The baby dies.
(d) The sky darkens.

3. In "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say You're a Liar!" for whom does the King want to find a spouse?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) His maid.

4. Why does the king become angry with Catherine in the story "Catherine, Sly Country Lass"?
(a) She spends his money.
(b) She hits him.
(c) She disobeys him.
(d) She overrules him.

5. In "Wagging My Tail in the Mud," what animal is happiest wagging it's tail?
(a) A dog.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A pig.
(d) A turtle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the pickpockets related in "The Two Pickpockets"?

2. What happens to the three year old child in "Father of Eighteen Elves" when his mother returns?

3. From which group of people does the story "Glooscap and the Baby" come?

4. Where did "The King's Favorite" originate?

5. Who helps the spider in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories"?

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