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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. What does the princess promise to give birth to in "The Promises of the Three Sisters"?
(a) A son.
(b) Twins.
(c) Octoplets.
(d) A daughter.

2. Falsehood accuses the boy at the hotel of ___________.
(a) Purgery.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Gluttony.

3. In "The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot," what is nailed to the brother's wife?
(a) Hooves.
(b) Stakes.
(c) Horseshoes.
(d) Papers.

4. What punishment is given to the boy in "Truth and Falsehood"?
(a) He is spanked.
(b) His ears are boxed.
(c) His ears are pulled.
(d) His fingers are broken.

5. What does John wish for in the story "Wicked John and the Devil"?
(a) To be powerful.
(b) To be mean.
(c) To be handsome.
(d) To be wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "The Dream House," what do the husband and wife discover?

2. What happens to Eurydice after his marriage in "Orpheus and Eurydice"?

3. What does the man and his children throw into the sea at the end of "The Seal's Skin"?

4. What does the Rabbi in "It Could Always Be Worse" tell the men to bring into his home?

5. Where did "The Princess on the Glass Hill" ' originate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the men visit the Chief in "Talk"?

2. Why can the Swan-Maiden not turn back into a swan in "The Swan-Maiden"?

3. In "The Goose Girl," who trades places with the princess and why? What becomes of the impostor?

4. In the story "Truth and Falsehood," what would Truth rather do then be friends with Falsehood? Why?

5. What does the woman in "The Dream House" discover about the house she dream about?

6. How does the doll in "Visilisa the Beautiful" help Visilisa?

7. What is the pact that the two men make in "One Night in Paradise"? Do they follow through on the pact?

8. Why does the girl weep in "The Seal's Skin"?

9. What is the bargain between the devil and the peasant in "Peasant and the Devil"?

10. What does the boy learn from the doctor in "The Doctor and His Pupil"?

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