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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 does the servant tell the nobleman at the end of "Helping to Lie"?

2. Where did "The Parson and the Sexton" originate?

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

4. Why does the man return to marry the girl at the end of "The Three Sillies"'?

5. In "The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer," who is jealous of the king?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the hare anger the other animals in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

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

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

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

6. Why does the rich man in "Lazy Jack" give his daughter to Jack in marriage?

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

8. Why do the townspeople in "Chelm Justice" not want to hang the shoe mender?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the title of the section "The Getting of Wisdom'' mean to you? What do you think this title means to Yolen? Choose one story from this section and explain that story's definition of wisdom.

Essay Topic 2

Provide an in depth analysis of '"he Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer" including plot, subplot (if there is one), setting, character analysis, and any symbolism in the folktale.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences in the portrayal of the devil in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" and one other fable that Yolen includes in her collection. Why are these differences significant?

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