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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 search for the first husband?
(a) His brothers-in-law.
(b) His father.
(c) His friends.
(d) The town mayor.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do wolves' eyes gleam green?

2. How does the hunter kill the wolf terrorizing the village?

3. What shines like candle flames at night in Part I?

4. What do some ogres in the woods purportedly do?

5. When does the first husband vanish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the children of the villages around the forest always carry with them, and why?

2. What sense of the forest does Carter build in Part I?

3. What does the second husband do after the ordeal with the wife's first husband in Part I?

4. Why does the witch turn all of a wedding party into wolves?

5. What happens to the man who vanishes on his wedding night after going outside to urinate?

6. What is Carter referring to when she writes of "an aria of fear made audible" (141)?

7. How does Carter describe the night of the solstice?

8. What are some of the basic characteristics of wolves that Carter lays out in Part I?

9. Why should people "fear and flee" the wolf above all, according to Carter (142)?

10. What does the hunter discover about the wolf he slays in the pit in Part I?

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