2. What grows on the oldest daughter's nose in "St. Joseph in the Forest"?
(a) A boil.
(b) A wart.
(c) Another nose.
(d) Ugly hairs.

3. What is the man's third wish in "The Jew Among Thorns"?
(a) A gun that hits anything he aims for.
(b) A magic fiddle.
(c) For people to give him what he asks for.
(d) A sack of gold.

4. "The Wise Servant" is told from the view of the ___________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Sarcastic.

5. Who is unable to rest in "The Stolen Farthings"?
(a) The ghost of a woman.
(b) The ghost of a child.
(c) The ghost of an animal.
(d) The ghost of a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common fairy tale element is found in "The Lambkin and the Little Fish"?

2. What does the boy do when the old woman is on fire in "The Old Beggar Woman"?

3. What reoccurring element of fairy tales is seen in "The Six Servants"?

4. What is the foundation of the story "The Glass Coffin"?

5. What is the lesson taught in "The Three Green Twigs"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Our Lady's Little Glass and The Hazel Branch have in common?

2. What is the idea behind The Old Man Made Young Again?

3. Why does The Gold Key have no proper ending?

4. Laziness is discussed in both The Three Sluggards and The Twelve Idle Servants. What is different between the two tales?

5. What is Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful telling readers?

6. What is the lesson behind The Three Army Surgeons?

7. What do The Willow-Wren, The Sole, The Bittern and Hoopoe, and The Moon all have in common?

8. What is the moral behind The Three Green Twigs?

9. What is the overall message in The Four Skillful Brothers?

10. What is The Twelve Apostles about?

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