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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Not Quite Human.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the owner of the items conclude at the end of "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?
(a) If something gives birth it can die.
(b) His friend is a liar.
(c) His friend is careless.
(d) His friend can no longer borrow things.

2. In "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail," who hides the boy?
(a) His mother.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

3. In the story "Visilisa the Beautiful," from whom does Visilisa try to escape?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?
(a) He has a cleft lip.
(b) He has no eyelids.
(c) He has eleven toes.
(d) His hand is curled tight.

5. Who is a liar in the "The Parson and the Sexton"?
(a) The king.
(b) The parson.
(c) The sexton.
(d) The queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Quevedo grab the king in "Quevedo and the King"?

2. In "The Finn Messenger," what condition is the wife in when her husband leaves for sea?

3. What happens to the maiden in "The Waiting Maid's Parrot"?

4. Where did "The Princess on the Glass Hill" ' originate?

5. In "The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot," what is nailed to the brother's wife?

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