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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. What is the first animal the musician calls to him when he is alone in the forest for a long time?
(a) Horse.
(b) Fox.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Cow.

2. What does the king give to his wife when she returns to the castle once more, something he was unable to give her before?
(a) Tiara.
(b) Ring.
(c) Book.
(d) Purse.

3. One might say that the girl without those body parts was a girl without _____________.
(a) Hope.
(b) Friends.
(c) Resources.
(d) Needs.

4. The oldest sister's dress was stepped on by the soldier, but she dismisses it, thinking it was __________.
(a) Her fault.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A nail.
(d) A bug.

5. When Hansel and Gretel go home again, they find that their _____________ is dead.
(a) Family.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldier chose the ____________princesses since he was similar in age.

2. What happens to the princes who are unsuccessful in finding out what happens to the daughters each night?

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

4. What purified the girl so much that the wizard could not approach her and hurt or help her?

5. What does Hansel take with him as he hears that his parents are going to lose them in the forest?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is so remarkable about the house Hansel and Gretel find in the woods?

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

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

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

9. Who are Sexton's judge and jury when she begins the poem, "The Frog Prince?"

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

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