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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker in the first poem is the ____________________, as she introduces herself.

2. A woman is talking, purging herself with __________, drumming words out like a typewriter.

3. What pumped in the stepmother like poison when the mirror would tell her that she was the fairest in the land?

4. The man who is full of suspicions can hear messages from God through _____________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the huntsman do in order to find out why people and dogs continue to go missing from the woods?

2. How does Cinderella finally become able to go to the ball though her stepmother tries to make it impossible?

3. What does the miller do with the cowhide once the peasant reveals to him the secret?

4. How does the prince begin to fall in love with Rapunzel after he sees the ritual between her and the witch one day?

5. What does Cinderella do when she needs help as she is living with her stepmother and sisters?

6. What does the huntsman do with the wild man once he is brought back into the town?

7. What does the prince decide to do after realizing that Cinderella disappears on the third night in a row?

8. What does the witch do when she needs to go and see Rapunzel in the tall tower?

9. To whom does the Queen turn when she wants to find out whether she is the most beautiful in the land?

10. Why does the young boy decide that he wants to let the wild man out of his captivity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In many fairy tale stories, the characters are chosen ones, with large tasks before them or great risks to their lives.

Part 1: What is the importance of being a chosen one?

Part 2: Why do you think so many characters in fairy tales are considered to be the chosen ones?

Part 3: How do you think you might act in your life if you knew you were the chosen one?

Essay Topic 2

The father cuts off the hands of his daughter in order to stop a wizard from trying to take her because of her hands.

Part 1: Do you think the father made a good decision when it came to the hands of the daughter?

Part 2: Do you think the father is an evil person? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think the father could have protected the daughter from the wizard?

Essay Topic 3

The princess and the frog is a story which has been told many times, showing that beauty is only skin deep.

Part 1: Why do you think so many people rush to judge a person by the way they look?

Part 2: Do you think that a person has a right to dismiss someone because of their looks?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond if you were to see a frog come up to you and begin to talk?

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