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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 3 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the first husband vanish?
(a) His wedding night.
(b) The first day of summer.
(c) Thanksgiving night.
(d) The fall equinox.

2. What is the one beat that howls in the woods by night?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A moose.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

3. How does the hunter kill the wolf terrorizing the village?
(a) By using a young child as bait.
(b) By shooting it from the mountain.
(c) By using a bear.
(d) In a pit trap.

4. How do wolves fare in winter?
(a) They thrive.
(b) They do better than in spring, but worse than in summer.
(c) They are close to starving.
(d) They do better than in summer, but worse than in fall.

5. What does the witch do to the wedding party?
(a) Eats them.
(b) Drowns them.
(c) Casts sleeping spells on them.
(d) Turns them to wolves.

6. What does the first husband do to the wife's child before he can be subdued?
(a) The first husband kills the child before he can be subdued.
(b) The first husband bites the child's arm before he can be subdued.
(c) The first husband tears off the child's foot before he can be subdued.
(d) The first husband sings the child a song before he can be subdued.

7. Why is the wolf the worst thing you can run into in the forest?
(a) He cannot listen to reason.
(b) He is the saddest.
(c) He is the smartest.
(d) He is the hungriest.

8. What do some ogres in the woods purportedly do?
(a) Eat wolves.
(b) Dance with devils.
(c) Grill babies upon gridirons.
(d) Read poetry.

9. What shines like candle flames at night in Part I?
(a) Stars.
(b) Forest fires.
(c) Wolves' souls.
(d) Wolves' eyes.

10. What do the wolves have ways of arriving at?
(a) Roads.
(b) Your own hearthside.
(c) Strange conclusions.
(d) Bus stations.

11. Who helps search for the first husband?
(a) His brothers-in-law.
(b) His friends.
(c) The town mayor.
(d) His father.

12. What happens after the hunter cuts the head and paws off the wolf?
(a) He puts himself back together to eat the hunter.
(b) He disappears.
(c) He turns into a man.
(d) Other wolves come to eat the hunter.

13. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?
(a) During the aurora borealis.
(b) When they reflect moonlight.
(c) If they are by a green lake.
(d) During summer.

14. What is worst of all about wolves?
(a) They may be foreigners.
(b) They may be witches.
(c) They may be more than they seem.
(d) They may be smart.

15. How does Carter describe wolves' songs in unison?
(a) An aria of fear.
(b) An ancient dance.
(c) A lullaby.
(d) A rock concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children of the sparse villages near the forest always carry?

2. What does one of the devil's ointments apparently do as soon as it is rubbed on?

3. What happens if you stray from the forest path, according to Carter?

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