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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 happens to the maiden in "The Waiting Maid's Parrot"?

2. Where does "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi"originate?

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

4. In "Those Stubborn Souls, the Biellese," what does the man refuse to say?

5. In "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet," the men are confused about __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the "The Man Who Had No Story" get a story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a complex character interaction in Yolen's collection of folktales. Analyze the relationship between the two characters. Also discuss how the relationship enhances the plot.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe the moral about life and death presented in "Jump Into My Sack." Compare this with one other story in the section "Death and the World's End."

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