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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What is the prophecy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) The boy will marry the princess.
(b) The girl will marry the queen.
(c) The boy will marry the queen.
(d) The girl will murder the king.

3. Who helps the spider in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories"?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His children.

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

5. What does the servant tell the nobleman at the end of "Helping to Lie"?
(a) He should not tell the truth.
(b) He need not tell outlandish stories.
(c) He should marry.
(d) He does not need to lie.

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

7. From which group of people does the story "Glooscap and the Baby" come?
(a) Eskimos.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) American Indians.

8. What does Hodja borrow in "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?
(a) A broom.
(b) A wand.
(c) A fish.
(d) A cauldron.

9. What does the woman pray for in "The Prayer that was Answered"?
(a) Rain will come.
(b) Her husband will die.
(c) She will have a baby.
(d) Her daughter will marry a wealthy man.

10. How does the woman in "The Brewery of Eggshells," discover the child is not hers?
(a) She makes an omelette.
(b) She poaches eggs.
(c) She paints eggshells.
(d) She brews eggshells.

11. How are the pickpockets related in "The Two Pickpockets"?
(a) They are married.
(b) They are brothers.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are father and son.

12. What is the king forced to do for an eternity at the end of "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) Lift logs.
(b) Sing.
(c) Play guitar.
(d) Row.

13. What is the man in "The Seventh Father of the House" looking for?
(a) A place to stay.
(b) A new bride.
(c) Food.
(d) A job.

14. How many tribes exist at the start of "How Men and Women Got Together"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

15. In "The Man Who Had No Story," what does the elderly couple ask Brian to do?
(a) Tell them a fairytell.
(b) Make them some dinner.
(c) Sing them a song.
(d) Milk their cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Quevedo and the King," Quevedo thinks the king is ___________.

2. What is the prophecy in "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?

3. What is amazing about the well in "The Longwitton Dragon"?

4. In "Wagging My Tail in the Mud," what animal is happiest wagging it's tail?

5. What is wrong with the handsome suitor in "Mr. Fox"?

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