The Peasant and the Devil — Questions and answers

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What did the peasant find near the middle of his field on a bright spring morning in 'The Peasant and the Devil'?

Choices

  1. a sturdy grey horse
  2. a small farmhouse
  3. a line of broken grey rocks
  4. a low mound of freshly turned earth ✓

Answer: a low mound of freshly turned earth

From page 1

In the fairy tale 'The Peasant and the Devil', what did the peasant find hidden under the loose soil in his field?

Choices

  1. a plow blade
  2. a horse's bridle
  3. gold coins inside a clay pot ✓
  4. burnt coal

Answer: gold coins inside a clay pot

From page 2

In 'The Peasant and the Devil', who climbed out of the hole in the peasant's field after the gold coins were found?

Choices

  1. a clever man
  2. the devil himself ✓
  3. a neighbor
  4. a small animal

Answer: the devil himself

From page 3

What was the first bargain the peasant and the devil made about the harvest?

Choices

  1. The devil would get what grew above ground, and the peasant would get what grew below ground. ✓
  2. The devil would get all the gold, and the peasant would get the field.
  3. The peasant would give all the gold back to the devil.
  4. The peasant would get what grew above ground, and the devil would get what grew below ground.

Answer: The devil would get what grew above ground, and the peasant would get what grew below ground.

From page 4

What did the peasant plant in the field during the first year of the bargain with the devil?

Choices

  1. tall golden wheat
  2. bushy green leaves
  3. nothing at all
  4. turnips ✓

Answer: turnips

From page 5

In the fairy tale 'The Peasant and the Devil', where did the peasant store the turnips he kept for himself?

Choices

  1. in his cool stone root cellar ✓
  2. in the devil's pile of leaves
  3. on earthen shelves
  4. in the field

Answer: in his cool stone root cellar

From page 6

What new bargain did the devil propose to the peasant for the next harvest?

Choices

  1. They would share everything equally.
  2. Whatever grew below the ground would be his, and the peasant could keep what grew above it. ✓
  3. Whatever grew above the ground would be his, and the peasant could keep what grew below it.
  4. The peasant would give him all the gold.

Answer: Whatever grew below the ground would be his, and the peasant could keep what grew above it.

From page 7

What did the peasant sow in the field after making the second bargain with the devil?

Choices

  1. nothing at all
  2. turnip seed
  3. wheat seed ✓
  4. stringy roots

Answer: wheat seed

From page 8

In 'The Peasant and the Devil', what did the devil find when he dug along the empty rows during the second harvest?

Choices

  1. tall, golden grain
  2. nothing at all
  3. a wagon piled high with grain
  4. thin, pale, stringy wheat roots ✓

Answer: thin, pale, stringy wheat roots

From page 9

Where did the devil go after being beaten twice by the peasant's bargain?

Choices

  1. He dove into a narrow black cleft in the broken grey rocks. ✓
  2. He went to the village.
  3. He stayed in the field with the wheat roots.
  4. He stormed across the field to the farmhouse.

Answer: He dove into a narrow black cleft in the broken grey rocks.

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