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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hears the snores of the wolf and realizes those snores cannot come from a grandmother?
(a) Old woman.
(b) Huntsman.
(c) King.
(d) Prince.

2. The next trees that the solder sees are made of ___________ and he takes one as well to ensure he has proof.
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Sapphires.
(d) Rubies.

3. The suburban _________ is described as a deceiver, as one who is not all that she seems to be.
(a) Librarian.
(b) Manager.
(c) Maid.
(d) Matron.

4. It was a carnal __________ that freed Red Riding Hood and the grandmother from the wolf.
(a) Knife.
(b) Ax.
(c) Sword.
(d) Bow.

5. What did the queen name the child who is in danger because of the wizard?
(a) Judas.
(b) Painbringer.
(c) Julian.
(d) Rumpelstiltskin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the two eyed girl is taken away by the knight to whom she gives a branch of the tree?

2. The red riding hood which the character wears without fail is her _________ blanket, since she is never without it.

3. Which animal runs twenty times around the maypole before it foams at the mouth like a rabid dog?

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

5. Where does the old Jenny put her life savings before she is swindled by others?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. What does the wolf learn from the girl the first time they talk, since she is not afraid of him at all.

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

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

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

8. Why does the princess agree to doing all of the things that the frog asks of her?

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

10. What will happen for the two eyed sister if she sings for the goat, according to the advice of an old woman?

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