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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 does the owner of the items conclude at the end of "The Hodja and the Cauldron"?
(a) If something gives birth it can die.
(b) His friend can no longer borrow things.
(c) His friend is a liar.
(d) His friend is careless.

2. In "The Longwitton Dragon," why can the knight not slay the dragon?
(a) The dragon's tail is in the water.
(b) The knight forgot his sword.
(c) The dragon's toe is in the water.
(d) The dragon begs to be forgiven.

3. Where does "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi"originate?
(a) St. Thomas.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) France.
(d) Tibet.

4. What does the boy in "The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer" carry with him on his travels?
(a) A photo of his mother.
(b) A photo of his sister.
(c) A cross.
(d) A knife.

5. Where did "The Man Who Had No Story" originate?
(a) Peru.
(b) Ireland.
(c) America.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many tribes exist at the start of "How Men and Women Got Together"?

2. What is the occupation of the man who commits a crime in "Chelm Justice"?

3. In "The Brewery of Eggshells," with what is the woman's baby replaced?

4. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe how men and women came together in "How Men and Women Got Together."

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

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

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

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