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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. Who spies on the girl and decides he must have her for a wife as he sees her struggle to eat?

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

3. What does the ground do in the presence of a frog, since it has boil disease and a belly full of parasites?

4. After the wolf eats up Red Riding Hood, he is now ___________ as well as dark and hairy.

5. What is NOT one of the three things the frog asks of the princess in return for getting her ball back?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the problem with the tree which the knight sees and then wants to have one of its branches?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The parents are so hungry that they send the children off in order to keep the bread for themselves.

Part 1: Do you think the parents should have tried harder to help feed their family?

Part 2: Do you think that parents should sacrifice themselves for their children?

Part 3: Why do you think the parents felt that sending the children off was their only chance of survival?

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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