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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13: The Port, Portraits of Mistresses & The Gallant Marksman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the tradesman react to his child's gift in "The Fairies' Gifts"?
(a) He tries to pay the fairy.
(b) He demands a better gift.
(c) He laughs at it.
(d) He wants the fairy to explain it to him.

2. Why does the narrator say the poor children will be wary in "The Toy of the Poor"?
(a) Because they won't believe such luck.
(b) Because they will think they are traps.
(c) Because they have never known kind adults.
(d) Because they fear money.

3. In "The Old Mountebank", how do the merchants try to get the customers' attention?
(a) They yell.
(b) With free samples.
(c) They throw things at them.
(d) With colorful signs.

4. In "Windows", how does Baudelaire say he feels about the legend?
(a) As if it teaches him daily.
(b) As if it saves his life.
(c) As if he has suffered for it.
(d) As if it is not true at all.

5. In "Portraits of Mistresses", what does the Prince's bastard child often say?
(a) Why she is right about everything.
(b) Where she plans to travel.
(c) How she would spend her money if she had any.
(d) What would be different if she were a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Counterfeit Money", what does the man call his friend's stupidity?

2. Why do the fairies in "The Fairies' Gifts" have to work quickly?

3. In "A Thoroughbred", how does the thoroughbred learn her lessons?

4. Where do the men leave in the beginning of "Counterfeit Money"?

5. What does the Moon leave with the child in "The Favors of the Moon"?

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