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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 king give to the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

2. Who are the main tricksters in "The Tall Tales"?

3. In "Glooscap and the Baby," how old is Wasis?

4. What is the secret to knowledge according to "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?

5. Whose house does the girl in "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows" accidentally visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Mr. Fox in the story "Mr. Fox"?

2. In "Glooscap and the Baby" how does the baby defeat Glooscap?

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

4. Why is no one in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" allowed to say the word five?

5. What does the sky god in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories" want in exchange for stories?

6. What does the man put in his trunk in "The Prayer that was Answered"? What does he discover in his trunk when he arrives home?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the history of folktales and the oral tradition? Describe why folktales from different countries are sometimes similar. Provide examples from this book.

Essay Topic 2

Occasionally, the folktales in Yolen's collection contain a moral or lesson. Choose a folktale and discuss what the moral is and how it is effectively demonstrated in the plot.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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