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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does one of the devil's ointments apparently do as soon as it is rubbed on?
(a) Give one a lot of money.
(b) Turn one into a wolf.
(c) Make one be able to see the future.
(d) Give one a fantastic whistle.

9. What happens if you stray from the forest path, according to Carter?
(a) The wolves will eat you.
(b) You will drown in the river.
(c) You will get lost.
(d) You will fall into a fairytale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one beat that howls in the woods by night?

2. What happens after the hunter cuts the head and paws off the wolf?

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

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