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

2. 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) Give one a fantastic whistle.
(c) Turn one into a wolf.
(d) Make one be able to see the future.

3. 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.

4. 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 turns into a man.
(c) Other wolves come to eat the hunter.
(d) He disappears.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do wolves fare in winter?

2. What does the first husband do to the wife's child before he can be subdued?

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

4. How does the hunter kill the wolf terrorizing the village?

5. What shines like candle flames at night in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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