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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. The princesses dance like ___________ at Roseland as if the tickets would run right out.
(a) Goddesses.
(b) Strippers.
(c) Taxi girls.
(d) Burlesque women.

2. Who hears of the princess' promise to the frog and tells her to follow through with this promise?
(a) King.
(b) The witch.
(c) Queen.
(d) The servants.

3. Who scares the creatures off from trying to kill the musician when they have the chance?
(a) Magician.
(b) Woodcutter.
(c) Old Woman.
(d) No one.

4. What comes out of the sky like rain, according to "The Frog Prince" poem?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Water.
(d) Frogs.

5. The frog wants the beer and Christ for _____________, as the poem states about the needs of the frog.
(a) A book.
(b) A souvenir.
(c) A companion.
(d) A deer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the daughters make sure the princes were unable to find out their secret?

2. The apples on the silver tree are made of __________, though the two eyed girl is the only one who can get them.

3. Who does the prince hire to guard the bedroom at night so he and the princess can have time together?

4. What does the witch give to the children in order to fatten them up for herself?

5. The __________ is the one who tunes into a new neighborhood, having misplaced the past.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the differences between the daughters in the first poem of this section of the book?

2. What does the reader find out about the accident the princess has with the gold ball?

3. Who are some of the deceivers which Sexton includes in the beginning of the poem about Red Riding Hood?

4. Why don't the animals in the story of the musician take revenge on the musician?

5. What happens when the mother and remaining sisters decide to slaughter the goat?

6. What happens to the king after several long years of searching for his family?

7. Why does the maiden have to stay at home during the war in which her husband fights?

8. What is the passageway to the world where the princesses dance all night?

9. How does Sexton herself see frogs as she eloquently describes in the poem?

10. Why does the princess agree to doing all of the things that the frog asks of her?

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