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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. On what condition are the tricksters released in "The Tall Tales"?

2. What happens to the girl at the house she visits accidentally in "The Little Old Woman with Five Cows"?

3. Where did "The Parson and the Sexton" originate?

4. In "The Tall Tales," whom do the tricksters try to trick?

5. In "The Three Sillies," what does the maiden weep over in the basement?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Glooscap and the Baby" how does the baby defeat Glooscap?

3. What does the town do in "Li Chi Slays the Serpent" to repay the girl for slaying the serpent?

4. Why do the townspeople in "Chelm Justice" not want to hang the shoe mender?

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

6. Who do the three brothers try to trick in "The Tall Tales" and why? What becomes of the brothers?

7. Who marries the princess in "Crack and Crook"? Why?

8. How does Catherine trick her husband in "Catherine, Sly Country Lass"?

9. Why does the Hodja walk out of the service the first time in "Nars-ed-Din Hodja in the Pulpit "?

10. Why does the rich man in "Lazy Jack" give his daughter to Jack in marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Provide an in depth analysis of '"he Merchant's Daughter and the Slanderer" including plot, subplot (if there is one), setting, character analysis, and any symbolism in the folktale.

Essay Topic 2

Define the conflict of good versus evil in the story "Wicked John and the Devil." Contrast this story with one other folktale of your choice.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the folktales in Yolen's book and address the subject of voice. Describe which person the folktale is written in and who is the main voice of the story.

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