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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. On which nighttime show does the comic who commits suicide on the night before his death appear?

2. Red Riding Hood found the wolf, at first, to be no more dangerous than a(n) __________ or a panhandler.

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

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

5. To what does the queen give birth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the prize for the person who is able to find out how the girls are escaping from the room each night?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Within this book, Sexton decides that retelling known stories helps others understand their lives and their outlooks on life.

Part 1: Why do you think the fairy tales are used by the author to help the audience learn more about their lives?

Part 2: Do you think that fairy tales have been important in your own life?

Part 3: How do you think fairy tales affect people when they are young versus when they are older?

Essay Topic 2

Red Riding Hood is a tale about deception and about trickery, with the little girl trying to be tricked the entire time.

Part 1: Why do you think Little Red Riding Hood is not afraid of the wolf at first?

Part 2: Do you think that the Big Bad Wolf is appropriately punished for his role in the story?

Part 3: How do you think Red Riding Hood could have protected herself and her grandmother?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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