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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 king forced to do for an eternity at the end of "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

2. How are the pickpockets related in "The Two Pickpockets"?

3. In "Quevedo and the King," why is the king upset with Quevedo?

4. Why does Li Chi volunteer to see the serpent?

5. In "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail," who hides the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the parson trade clothes with the sexton in "The Parson and the Sexton"?

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

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

5. Why are the girl and her family crying in "The Three Sillies"?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the setting affect the plot of a folktale? Choose one folktale and discuss its setting and how the setting relates to the plot.

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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