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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. In "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say You're a Liar!" for whom does the King want to find a spouse?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His maid.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

2. What does the woman pray for in "The Prayer that was Answered"?
(a) Rain will come.
(b) She will have a baby.
(c) Her husband will die.
(d) Her daughter will marry a wealthy man.

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

4. Where did "Father of Eighteen Elves" originate?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Mexico.
(d) America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy in "The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer" carry with him on his travels?

2. Where did "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories" originate?

3. What did the sexton have to wear in "The Parson and the Sexton"?

4. Where did "The King's Favorite" originate?

5. From which group of people does the story "Glooscap and the Baby" come?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the infant child in "The Two Pickpockets" steal from the midwife?

4. Into what does the oldest man in "The Seventh Father of the House"' fit?

5. Who do the three brothers try to trick in "The Tall Tales" and why? What becomes of the brothers?

6. The king wants to decide who is more clever in "Merry Prank." Which characters are considered by the king? Who is victorious?

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

8. What makes the poet in "Wagging My Tail in the Mud" truly happy?

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

10. Why does the Hodja walk out of the service the first time in "Nars-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit "?

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