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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. Who helps the spider in "How Spider Obtained the Sky God's Stories"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His mother.
(d) His children.

2. In "Wagging My Tail in the Mud," what animal is happiest wagging it's tail?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A pig.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A dog.

3. What is the king forced to do for an eternity at the end of "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) Sing.
(b) Lift logs.
(c) Play guitar.
(d) Row.

4. What is the secret to knowledge according to "The Birth of Finn MacCumhail"?
(a) Scratching one's head.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Biting one's thumb.
(d) Meditating.

5. What does the boy in "The Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer" carry with him on his travels?
(a) A photo of his mother.
(b) A photo of his sister.
(c) A knife.
(d) A cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is amazing about the well in "The Longwitton Dragon"?

2. In "The Hodja and the Cauldron," why does Hodja say he can't return the original item?

3. What contest must suitors enter in "The Ash Lad Who Made the Princess Say You're a Liar!"?

4. Where did "The Man Who Had No Story" originate?

5. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Mr. Fox in the story "Mr. Fox"?

2. Why are the girl and her family crying in "The Three Sillies"?

3. Why did the parson trade clothes with the sexton in "The Parson and the Sexton"?

4. In the story "The Waiting Maid's Parrot," how does the young boy find the buried girl?

5. What did the infant child in "The Two Pickpockets" steal from the midwife?

6. Why is no one in "Being Greedy Chokes Anansi" allowed to say the word five?

7. The king wants to decide who is more clever in "Merry Prank." Which characters are considered by the king? Who is victorious?

8. How does the hare anger the other animals in "Why the Hare Runs Away"?

9. Describe how men and women came together in "How Men and Women Got Together."

10. How does the dragon in the story "The Longwitton Dragon" protect himself?

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