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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do wolves fare in winter?

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

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

4. Who helps search for the first husband?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Carter portray different werewolves in this story, and what are some lessons or patterns the reader can draw from her representations of them? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How and why does the young man in the forest seduce the young girl on the way to her grandmother's house? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What is the significance and symbolism of the "wolfsong" the various companies of wolves engage in throughout this story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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