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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose house does the girl in "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows" accidentally visit?
(a) Her father's house.
(b) An ogre's house.
(c) An old lady's house.
(d) A demon's house.

3. In "Glooscap and the Baby," how old is Wasis?
(a) A baby.
(b) A teenager.
(c) A middle-aged man.
(d) An old man.

4. What does Jack carry home in "Lazy Jack"?
(a) A bag of money.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A cow.
(d) A feather.

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

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

7. In "The Waiting Maid's Parrot," what does the parrot help the maiden do?
(a) Find food.
(b) Save her family.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Win riches.

8. What is the king trying to decide in "The White Cat"?
(a) Whom to appoint as an advisor.
(b) Whom to give his kingdom.
(c) Whom to kill.
(d) Whom to marry.

9. What does the king give to the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) A jewel.
(b) A turkey.
(c) A pig's heart.
(d) A letter.

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

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

12. Who tries to marry Sedna?
(a) The earth king.
(b) A king.
(c) A prince.
(d) The sky king.

13. How does Wasis respond to Glooscoop in "Glooscap and the Baby"?
(a) Wasis hits Glooscap.
(b) Wasis screams.
(c) Wasis recites poetry.
(d) Wasis does not respond..

14. Who are the main tricksters in "The Tall Tales"?
(a) Five thieves.
(b) A king and a queen.
(c) Three brothers.
(d) Two sisters.

15. In "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet," the men are confused about __________.
(a) Whose feet belong to which man.
(b) Whose feet need a pedicure.
(c) Where their feet want to go.
(d) Who cut off their wives' toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hodja tell the owner happened to the second item he borrowed in "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?

2. Jack causes a deaf girl to laugh in "Lazy Jack." What is his reward?

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

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

5. In "The Tall Tales," whom do the tricksters try to trick?

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