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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bites the child's arm before he can be subdued.
(c) The first husband kills the child before he can be subdued.
(d) The first husband tears off the child's foot before he can be subdued.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wolves have ways of arriving at?

2. What is worst of all about wolves?

3. Why is the wolf the worst thing you can run into in the forest?

4. What does the witch do to the wedding party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What sense of the forest does Carter build in Part I?

2. What does the second husband do after the ordeal with the wife's first husband in Part I?

3. Why does the witch turn all of a wedding party into wolves?

4. What do the children of the villages around the forest always carry with them, and why?

5. What happens to the man who vanishes on his wedding night after going outside to urinate?

6. What are some of the basic characteristics of wolves that Carter lays out in Part I?

7. What does the hunter discover about the wolf he slays in the pit in Part I?

8. How does Carter describe the night of the solstice?

9. What is Carter referring to when she writes of "an aria of fear made audible" (141)?

10. Why should people "fear and flee" the wolf above all, according to Carter (142)?

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