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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. Falsehood accuses the boy at the hotel of ___________.

2. How long does the fisherman have to live in "Then the Merman Laughed"?

3. Why can't the son in "Lost Horse" go to war?

4. At the end of "The Promises of the Three Sisters," what happens to the jealous sisters?

5. How does Truth look in "Truth and Falsehood"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lurikeen trick the girl in "Bridget and the Lurikeen"?

2. How does the lawyer outsmart the devil in "The Lawyer and the Devil"?

3. In "The Goose Girl," who trades places with the princess and why? What becomes of the impostor?

4. Why does the man have only three days to live according to "Then the Merman Laughed"?

5. What does the woman in "The Dream House" discover about the house she dream about?

6. What is the pact that the two men make in "One Night in Paradise"? Do they follow through on the pact?

7. How did the Pueblo Indians come to be?

8. What does the man find out about the girl he falls in love with in "A Pretty Girl in the Road"?

9. Why does the girl weep in "The Seal's Skin"?

10. What does the boy learn from the doctor in "The Doctor and His Pupil"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the creation tale of "Sedna" with another creation folktale.

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

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.

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