The Wise Old Woman Quiz

Why did the young lord decree that anyone over seventy-one must be banished from the village?

• Because he feared the old people would rebel against him

• Because he wanted to make the village a fine place with young, healthy, and hard-working people

• Because he wanted to please Lord Higa

• Because he believed old people were useless and unable to work

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What did the young farmer and his mother do when she turned seventy-one?

• They went to live with Lord Higa

• They went up to the mountains but came back home where he hid her

• They hid in the mountains

• They ran away from the village

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How did the mother mark the way when her son was carrying her to the mountains?

• She left a trail of breadcrumbs

• She drew arrows on the ground

• She broke off small twigs from the trees

• She tied a rope to the trees

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Why did the young farmer decide to bring his mother back home?

• Because he couldn't bear to leave her alone in the mountains

• Because he realized the lord's decree was unjust

• Because he feared the punishment of Lord Higa

• Because his mother begged him to

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What did the young farmer do to hide his mother in their house?

• He dug a deep hole in the floor of the kitchen

• He built a secret room in the attic

• He disguised her as a piece of furniture

• He sent her to live with a neighbor

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How long did the young farmer keep his mother hidden in their house?

• Four years

• Three years

• Two years

• One year

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What did Lord Higa demand in order to spare the village from conquest?

• One thousand pieces of silk thread

• One thousand pieces of gold

• One thousand ropes of ash

• One thousand drums

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How did the young farmer's mother solve the problem of making ropes of ash?

• By finding a hidden stash of ash ropes

• By using magic to create ash ropes

• By burning trees and turning them into ash

• By soaking ordinary rope in salt water and drying it

What did Lord Higa demand in his second threat to the village?

• A thousand gold coins be delivered

• A rope made of ash

• A drum that sounds without being beaten

• A single piece of silk threaded through a bent log

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How did the young farmer's mother solve the problem of threading a silk thread through the hole in the log?

• By tying an ant to a piece of silk thread

• By using a piece of string instead of silk thread

• By using a needle that can bend

• By drilling a larger hole in the log