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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man in "The Seventh Father of the House" looking for?

2. Who helps the spider in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories"?

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

4. What happens to the girl at the house she visits accidentally in "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows"?

5. What is wrong with the earth in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the dragon in the story "The Longwitton Dragon" protect himself?

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

3. Who marries the princess in "Crack and Crook"? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In the story "The Waiting Maid's Parrot," how does the young boy find the buried girl?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conflict in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi." Explain the conflict in context to the plot and to the characters.

Essay Topic 2

Define the term prophecy and how it relates to "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail."

Essay Topic 3

Explain the reasoning for Yolen's choice to organize her book. What is the structural benefit of the organization? Is it cohesive?

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