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

2. What must the servant in "Helping to Lie'" help his master do?
(a) Smile.
(b) Love.
(c) Lie.
(d) Steal.

3. What is the secret to knowledge according to "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?
(a) Reading books.
(b) Biting one's thumb.
(c) Meditating.
(d) Scratching one's head.

4. In "Catherine, Sly Country Lass," how does Catherine trick the king?
(a) She poisons him.
(b) She lies.
(c) She gets him drunk.
(d) She swaps marbles.

5. What is the prophecy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) The boy will marry the princess.
(b) The girl will marry the queen.
(c) The boy will marry the queen.
(d) The girl will murder the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the three year old child in "Father of Eighteen Elves" when his mother returns?

2. Who helps the men solve their problem in "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet"?

3. Where does "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi"originate?

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

5. What is the prophecy in "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the town do in "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" to repay the girl for slaying the serpent?

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

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

4. What does the servant tell his lord at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

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

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

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

8. Whom does the imp possess in "The Brewery of Eggshells"?

9. How does Catherine trick her husband in "Catherine, Sly Country Lass"?

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

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