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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Getting of Wisdom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is no one allowed to say in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi"?
(a) Five.
(b) Hello.
(c) Eight.
(d) Moonlight.

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

3. What does the man and his children throw into the sea at the end of "The Seal's Skin"?
(a) Food.
(b) Shells.
(c) Money.
(d) Sand.

4. What is amazing about the well in "The Longwitton Dragon"?
(a) It gives vitality to all that drink from it.
(b) It never empties.
(c) It leads to a magic world.
(d) It gives love to all that drink from it.

5. In "The King's Favorite," when does the king remember the girl's disobedience?
(a) He does not remember.
(b) On her 13th birthday.
(c) When she dies.
(d) When she is old.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rich Man, Poor Man," what does the rich man do to the poor man?

2. At the end of "The Promises of the Three Sisters," what happens to the jealous sisters?

3. In "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" what other role does the queen play?

4. At the end of "The Goose Girl," what happens to the maid-in-waiting?

5. In "Merry Prank," the king wants to see if ________is more clever then his jesters.

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