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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the bride's rescue in the story "The Prayer that was Answered"'?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A chieftan.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A shepherd.

2. 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.

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

4. Where does the man in "The Prayer that was Answered" leave his bride?
(a) In a hospital.
(b) In her home.
(c) In a trunk.
(d) On her throne.

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

6. What does Hodja tell the owner happened to the second item he borrowed in "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?
(a) It died.
(b) It had a baby.
(c) It broke.
(d) He lost it.

7. In "The Tall Tales," whom do the tricksters try to trick?
(a) A queen.
(b) A prince.
(c) A king.
(d) A count.

8. What happens to the maiden in "The Waiting Maid's Parrot"?
(a) She has nine children.
(b) She marries the king.
(c) She becomes famous.
(d) She is murdered.

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

10. In "Merry Prank," the king wants to see if ________is more clever then his jesters.
(a) Hal.
(b) The queen.
(c) Tyll.
(d) The Prince.

11. Why does the king become angry with Catherine in the story "Catherine, Sly Country Lass"?
(a) She overrules him.
(b) She disobeys him.
(c) She spends his money.
(d) She hits him.

12. In "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" what other role does the queen play?
(a) She is a seamstress.
(b) She is a knight.
(c) She is a poet.
(d) She is a witch.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man return to marry the girl at the end of "The Three Sillies"'?

2. In "Quevedo and the King," why is the king upset with Quevedo?

3. What does Hodja borrow in "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?

4. In "The Man Who Had No Story," what does the elderly couple ask Brian to do?

5. In "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail," who hides the boy?

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