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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 3 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the first husband vanish?
(a) His wedding night.
(b) The first day of summer.
(c) The fall equinox.
(d) Thanksgiving night.

2. What is worst of all about wolves?
(a) They may be smart.
(b) They may be foreigners.
(c) They may be more than they seem.
(d) They may be witches.

3. What does one of the devil's ointments apparently do as soon as it is rubbed on?
(a) Make one be able to see the future.
(b) Give one a fantastic whistle.
(c) Turn one into a wolf.
(d) Give one a lot of money.

4. What does the witch do to the wedding party?
(a) Turns them to wolves.
(b) Eats them.
(c) Casts sleeping spells on them.
(d) Drowns them.

5. What do some ogres in the woods purportedly do?
(a) Eat wolves.
(b) Grill babies upon gridirons.
(c) Dance with devils.
(d) Read poetry.

6. What shines like candle flames at night in Part I?
(a) Wolves' souls.
(b) Forest fires.
(c) Stars.
(d) Wolves' eyes.

7. How does the hunter kill the wolf terrorizing the village?
(a) By using a young child as bait.
(b) By shooting it from the mountain.
(c) By using a bear.
(d) In a pit trap.

8. What do the wolves have ways of arriving at?
(a) Your own hearthside.
(b) Roads.
(c) Strange conclusions.
(d) Bus stations.

9. How does Carter describe wolves' songs in unison?
(a) A rock concert.
(b) An ancient dance.
(c) A lullaby.
(d) An aria of fear.

10. What happens after the hunter cuts the head and paws off the wolf?
(a) He puts himself back together to eat the hunter.
(b) Other wolves come to eat the hunter.
(c) He disappears.
(d) He turns into a man.

11. What do the children of the sparse villages near the forest always carry?
(a) Knives.
(b) Whistles.
(c) Radios.
(d) Dog treats.

12. What happens if you stray from the forest path, according to Carter?
(a) You will drown in the river.
(b) You will get lost.
(c) You will fall into a fairytale.
(d) The wolves will eat you.

13. What does the first husband do to the wife's child before he can be subdued?
(a) The first husband sings the child a song before he can be subdued.
(b) The first husband bites the child's arm before he can be subdued.
(c) The first husband tears off the child's foot before he can be subdued.
(d) The first husband kills the child before he can be subdued.

14. Why is the wolf the worst thing you can run into in the forest?
(a) He is the smartest.
(b) He is the saddest.
(c) He is the hungriest.
(d) He cannot listen to reason.

15. How do wolves fare in winter?
(a) They do better than in summer, but worse than in fall.
(b) They do better than in spring, but worse than in summer.
(c) They thrive.
(d) They are close to starving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one beat that howls in the woods by night?

2. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

3. Who helps search for the first husband?

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