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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. In "The Lawyer and the Devil," why does the boy give his soul to the devil?

2. What is the true identity of the brother's wife in "The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot"?

3. What does Visilisa keep in her pocket until she dies?

4. What does the witch tie to the sister's neck in "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka"?

5. In "The Peasant and the Devil," what do the devil and peasant agree to split?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the story "Truth and Falsehood," what would Truth rather do then be friends with Falsehood? Why?

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

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

4. How did the Pueblo Indians come to be?

5. What is the bargain between the devil and the peasant in "Peasant and the Devil"?

6. How does the doll in "Visilisa the Beautiful" help Visilisa?

7. Why does a light bob between Virgina and Carolina?

8. Why can the Swan-Maiden not turn back into a swan in "The Swan-Maiden"?

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

10. Why does no one want to be around the bad wife in the story "The Bad Wife"? Who ends up with her at the end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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."

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

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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