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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. What did the queen name the child who is in danger because of the wizard?

2. What did the soldier pretend to do in order to make sure the princesses thought he wasn't going to follow them?

3. The author's mom reproaches her for losing her ___________ when they are in Cape Ann.

4. The frog wants the beer and Christ for _____________, as the poem states about the needs of the frog.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the proof the soldier offers to the king in order to show that he has solved the mystery?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 boy depends on Iron Hans, even though he is a wild man and the boy doesn't know what he is going to do.

Part 1: Why do you think the boy trusts Iron Hans, even though he is wild?

Part 2: Do you think it is a good idea to trust a person who appears to be wild?

Part 3: How might you have treated Iron Hans had you met him in the course of your life?

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