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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. 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.

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

3. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," why does Hodja say he can't return the original item?
(a) He lost it.
(b) It decided to live with him.
(c) It had a baby.
(d) It broke.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did "Catherine, Sly Country Lass" originate?

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

3. In "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs," at whose house does the boy sleep?

4. What does the owner of the items conclude at the end of "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the guard lie to the king in the story "The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer"?

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

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

4. How does the young boy trick the king in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

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

6. What does the sky god in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories" want in exchange for stories?

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

8. Why does "The King's Favorite" fall from grace?

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

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

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