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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Iron Hans tells the boy that he has saved him from the awful babble of that __________ as a wild man.
(a) Truth.
(b) Calling.
(c) Body.
(d) Danger.

2. The dwarfs tell Snow White never to ______________ when they are off at the mines during the day.
(a) Eat a thing.
(b) Open the windows.
(c) Answer the phone.
(d) Open the door.

3. What stood at each of the twenty doorways on the paths which Snow White walked after leaving her stepmother?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A hunter.

4. From __________ to riches is the story that Sexton brings up when talking about the plumber who wins the lottery.
(a) Pipes.
(b) Toolboxes.
(c) Wrenches.
(d) Toilets.

5. A woman is talking, purging herself with __________, drumming words out like a typewriter.
(a) Words.
(b) Song.
(c) Mystery.
(d) Fantasy.

6. The two stepsisters of Cinderella are pretty enough, but they have hearts like ______________, according to the story.
(a) Devils.
(b) Blackjacks.
(c) Rodents.
(d) Bears.

7. Who is NOT one of the names which is mentioned in the poem, "The Gold Key?"
(a) Kurt.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Alice.
(d) Tom.

8. Whose asexual voice does Sexton say that creature inside of a person sounds like?
(a) Andy Warhol.
(b) Martin Luther King.
(c) Truman Capote.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

9. What pumped in the stepmother like poison when the mirror would tell her that she was the fairest in the land?
(a) Truth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Blood.
(d) Nothing.

10. What does the stepmother throw into the fire and tell Cinderella to pick up within an hour if she wants to go to the ball?
(a) Grains.
(b) Books.
(c) Lentils.
(d) Rutabagas.

11. The mother points out her children who are crazy - the girl who does not _______ - and tells the reader they will move off from them.
(a) Talk.
(b) Move.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Sing.

12. When the dwarfs helped Snow White after the first attempt on her life, she was revived and was as full of life as ____________.
(a) A soda pop.
(b) A song.
(c) A bird.
(d) A cup of coffee.

13. The key apparently opens the book of odd tales and transforms them. Who are the authors of the book of tales?
(a) Malachi.
(b) Brothers Grimm.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Aesop.

14. What is the second thing the stepmother brings to Snow White in order to try to kill her?
(a) A piece of lamb.
(b) An apple.
(c) A bit of lacing.
(d) A poison comb.

15. What does the prince put on the stairs in hopes of catching Cinderella in order to marry her?
(a) Water.
(b) Oil.
(c) Rope.
(d) Cobbler's wax.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was a day, according to Sexton in the "The White Snake" poem, that __________ talked to her.

2. The ____________ is a lovely number, no matter what life you lead, according to the poem by Sexton.

3. Sexton says that inside of many of us there is a ___________ who wants to get out.

4. What does the servant drop into the sea, saying that he would die if he could not find it for her again?

5. It is said that he who kills his _____ and thrice wins his mother will undo the spell which has been cast.

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