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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death and the World's End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what condition are the tricksters released in "The Tall Tales"?
(a) They pay 5,000 dollars.
(b) They leave the country.
(c) They chop off their left hand.
(d) They never lie again.

2. What did the sexton have to wear in "The Parson and the Sexton"?
(a) The parson's clothes.
(b) The prince's robe.
(c) The beggar's coat.
(d) The queen's crown.

3. Where did "Catherine, Sly Country Lass" originate?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

4. Why does the man return to marry the girl at the end of "The Three Sillies"'?
(a) He doesn't find anyone sillier then she is.
(b) He finds people sillier then she is.
(c) He misses her.
(d) A witch forces him to return.

5. Who threatens the girl at the start of "The Goose Girl"?
(a) Her maid-in-waiting.
(b) The prince.
(c) The queen.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor in "The Doctor and His Pupil," challenge his student to do?

2. What is "The Fly" about?

3. Where did "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories" originate?

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

5. What is the king trying to decide in "The White Cat"?

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