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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 suburban _________ is described as a deceiver, as one who is not all that she seems to be.

2. For how long do Hansel and Gretel walk without seeing anything which might help them?

3. What happens to the princes who are unsuccessful in finding out what happens to the daughters each night?

4. To what does the queen give birth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the mystery of the twelve princesses who are locked in their room each night?

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

3. How does the soldier get from one side of the lake to another with the princesses?

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

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

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

7. What is so remarkable about the house Hansel and Gretel find in the woods?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The musician plays music in order to bring people closer to him, but then he hurts the animals when they come to be with him.

Part 1: Why do you think the musician wants to have friends when in the woods?

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

Part 3: How do you think the musician should be treated after all of the pain he seems to have caused the animals?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, Two Eyes takes her sisters in because they are poor, even though they have treated her badly.

Part 1: Do you think you would be able to take in sisters who had treated you badly?

Part 2: Why do you think Two Eyes was able to take her sisters back into her life?

Part 3: How do you think the story might have changed had Two Eyes been treated better?

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