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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. To what does the queen give birth?

2. The princess feels the frog is as awful as an ___________ when it sits on her lap at dinner.

3. Sexton calls the wolf a sort of ___________ at the start of the story of Red Riding Hood.

4. The runaway boy who lives on ___________ gives it all up to live on speed and saltines.

5. At what temperature does the mother say that she will cook the boy when she puts him in the oven?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. What does the mother do with two of her daughters, though she tends to leave the other one alone?

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

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

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

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 prince tells the king about how the princesses sneak off each night, even though the door is locked up tight.

Part 1: Do you think the prince's trickery was a smart idea in his quest to discover the truth about the princesses?

Part 2: How do you think the prince should be rewarded for finding the secret behind the nightly dancing?

Part 3: Do you think the princesses should be allowed to continue to dance each night?

Essay Topic 3

The mother dotes on the daughters who are not normal since they seem to be more unique than the one who is normal.

Part 1: Why do you think the mother dotes on the daughters who are more unique?

Part 2: Do you think that a mother in today's times would dote on the daughters who were unique or the 'normal' daughter?

Part 3: How do you think you might react if you found out that one of your daughters had a defect?

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