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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some ogres in the woods purportedly do?

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

3. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

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