Favorite Folktales from Around the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Favorite Folktales from Around the World Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is wrong with the earth in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?
(a) It is wet.
(b) It is muddy.
(c) It is dry.
(d) It is empty.

2. 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.

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

4. What does the king demand from the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) An apology.
(b) His word.
(c) Money.
(d) Three hairs.

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

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

7. What happens in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" when the forbidden word is spoken?
(a) Your tongue falls out.
(b) Death.
(c) The crops die.
(d) Choking.

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

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

10. What happens to the girl at the house she visits accidentally in "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows"?
(a) She has dinner.
(b) She drinks some tea.
(c) She is attacked by wolves.
(d) Her face is ripped off.

11. Why is Glooscap sad in "Glooscap and the Baby"?
(a) He didn't become king.
(b) He defeated everyone.
(c) He lives alone.
(d) His mother died.

12. In "The Three Sillies," what does the maiden weep over in the basement?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) A screwdriver.
(c) A mallet.
(d) A dying bird.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the pickpockets in "The Two Pickpockets" hope their children become?

2. Who is a liar in the "The Parson and the Sexton"?

3. What does the servant tell the nobleman at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

4. What does the king send for in "Wagging My Tail in the Mud"?

5. How does Wasis respond to Glooscoop in "Glooscap and the Baby"?

(see the answer keys)

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