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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 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the devil's ointments apparently do as soon as it is rubbed on?

2. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

3. Who helps search for the first husband?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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