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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 devil ask Katcha to do at the start of "Katcha and the Devil"?
(a) Read poetry.
(b) Eat.
(c) Be merry.
(d) Dance.

2. Which member of the family in "A Pretty Girl in the Road" died previously?
(a) Their son.
(b) Their mother.
(c) Their father.
(d) Their daughter.

3. What does the man and his children throw into the sea at the end of "The Seal's Skin"?
(a) Shells.
(b) Food.
(c) Sand.
(d) Money.

4. In the story "Visilisa the Beautiful," from whom does Visilisa try to escape?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her stepmother.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

5. Whom does the man stop to help in "Wicked John and the Devil"?
(a) A mother.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A child.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the man go to find his wife in "The Spirit Wife"?

2. In "The Well-Baked Man," what animal distracts the magician from his task?

3. What is the woman whom the man discovers in "The Seal's Skin" doing?

4. What does Visilisa keep in her pocket until she dies?

5. Where does Anansi hide his treasures in "Getting Common Sense"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rule does Orpheus break in "Orpheus and Eurydice"? What is the result?

2. Why does a light bob between Virgina and Carolina?

3. How does the lawyer outsmart the devil in "The Lawyer and the Devil"?

4. How does the doll in "Visilisa the Beautiful" help Visilisa?

5. How does the lurikeen trick the girl in "Bridget and the Lurikeen"?

6. What does the woman in "The Dream House" discover about the house she dream about?

7. What is the pact that the two men make in "One Night in Paradise"? Do they follow through on the pact?

8. How did the Pueblo Indians come to be?

9. How does the poor man outsmart the rich man in "Rich Man, Poor Man"?

10. Why does no one want to be around the bad wife in the story "The Bad Wife"? Who ends up with her at the end?

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