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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Li Chi volunteer to see the serpent?
(a) To win the heart of a prince.
(b) To help her parents.
(c) To pay off a debt.
(d) To show that girls can do anything.

2. "How Men and Women Got Together" is about ________________.
(a) Dancing.
(b) Creation.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Religion.

3. What is the prophecy in "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?
(a) The girl will marry the princess.
(b) The boy will marry the prince.
(c) The girl will overthrow the queen.
(d) The boy will overthrow the king.

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

5. In "Nars-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit," whom does the Hodja address at the beginning of the story?
(a) His congregation.
(b) His parents.
(c) The reader.
(d) His students.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Merry Prank," the king wants to see if ________is more clever then his jesters.

2. What is wrong with the earth in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

3. What transports Brian to a far away land in "The Man Who Had No Story"?

4. What does the woman pray for in "The Prayer that was Answered"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the hare anger the other animals in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

2. In "Glooscap and the Baby" how does the baby defeat Glooscap?

3. Why is no one in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" allowed to say the word five?

4. Describe the prophecy in "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail."

5. What does the man put in his trunk in "The Prayer that was Answered"? What does he discover in his trunk when he arrives home?

6. How are the sea creatures created in "Sedna"?

7. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," how does the Hodja manage to keep the cauldron?

8. Why is the king in "Quevedo and the King" mad at Quevedo?

9. How does the "The Man Who Had No Story" get a story?

10. Why do the townspeople in "Chelm Justice" not want to hang the shoe mender?

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