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

2. What is the first animal the musician calls to him when he is alone in the forest for a long time?

3. To what does the queen give birth?

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

5. The princesses dance like ___________ at Roseland as if the tickets would run right out.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the father decide that he needs to cut off the hands of his daughter in the poem?

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

6. Why does the princess have to keep her promises to the frog?

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

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

9. Where do the princesses sleep when they are locked in their room each night?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The princesses in the story drug the princes who try to find out how they are sneaking off, causing them to fail in their mission and be killed.

Part 1: Do you think it was right for the princesses to have drugged the princes?

Part 2: Do you think the princesses might be considered murderers for allowing the princes to be killed?

Part 3: Why do you think it's so important for the princesses to keep their secret?

Essay Topic 2

In order to save her life, the girl will sacrifice all of her worldly possessions and her future child in order to avoid death for not being able to spin straw into gold.

Part 1: Why do you think the girl didn't want to die as a criminal?

Part 2: Do you think the others believed that the girl was capable of performing the feat of spinning gold on her own?

Part 3: How would you have dealt with this situation if you were in the shoes of the girl?

Essay Topic 3

The symbolism of the golden key is something which comes up in a number of stories.

Part 1: Why do you think the key is a symbol in so many fairy tale stories?

Part 2: How do you think the boy's story might change if he was not able to find the key?

Part 3: Would you go off exploring if you found a key and didn't know what it opened?

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