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

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

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

4. 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 drown in the river.
(d) You will get lost.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

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

5. How does Carter describe wolves' songs in unison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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