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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. What does the mother call the son when she is hungry and starving to eat something?
(a) My hungry boy.
(b) Little pig.
(c) Little roast.
(d) Little plum.

2. In order to eat, the family cooks up the ___________ to serve to each other as lamb chops.
(a) Dog.
(b) Goat.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cat.

3. The tables at the dance are filled with cruets of __________ and cups full of rubies.
(a) Champagne.
(b) Punch.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

4. The crow thinks the frog is an apple, and drops a _________ right in, according to the poem.
(a) Promise.
(b) Worm.
(c) Book.
(d) Bug.

5. Sexton asks if it's possible that a person would marry a cripple out of ___________.
(a) Pity.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Desperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The wizard informed the king that a ___________ had been born, but the king did not mind.

2. On what did the princesses have to knock to get to the new world where they can dance?

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

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

5. Each morning the __________ of the daughters would be shred to pieces from all of the dancing.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are some of the people whom Anne Sexton believes would understand the princess' obsession with dancing?

2. What are the three animals to which the musician beckons in the forest before torturing them?

3. Who are Sexton's judge and jury when she begins the poem, "The Frog Prince?"

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

5. Why are the messages being sent between the king and the princess getting mixed up in the story?

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

7. What are the two pieces of advice or help which the old woman gives to the soldier who goes to find out the secret of the princesses?

8. What happens after the woodsman takes care of the wolf who tried to eat Red Riding Hood and her grandmother?

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

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

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