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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. Others believe that telling and supporting fairy tales may encourage a child to do what?
(a) Daydream.
(b) Become unfocused.
(c) Lie.
(d) Commit harm.

2. One objection to fairy tales is that they are not ____________.
(a) Moral.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Well defined.

3. What activity causes the Queen to die?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Duelling.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Mixing poison.

4. Children are most likely to express these new feelings in what way?
(a) Through dreams.
(b) With defiance.
(c) Non-verbally.
(d) Verbally.

5. Many parents who are considered to be ________ dislike fairy tales.
(a) Psychologists.
(b) Informed.
(c) Modern.
(d) Sophisticated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of shelter presented itself to the characters?

2. Separation from one's family helps a child to develop which trait?

3. This child may also be the one who does what?

4. What action might a child take to express displeasure in a new situation?

5. What is the first fairy tale mentioned in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. The number three may represent what family relationships?

2. What is the moral involved with the children eating the gingerbread house?

3. What is the name and crux of the original tale regarding Jack and the Beanstalk?

4. What is different about the existence of the targeted parent in the boy's story?

5. What is the main difference in Perrault's version?

6. What is the result of this change? How do the children view their mother?

7. Why do some cultures insist on outlawing fairy tales?

8. What is the reason that the number three is significant in fairy tales?

9. What is the basis of each version of Little Red Riding Hood? What is the main difference?

10. What did the birds know about the situation that the children did not?

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