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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. Even in the ______ crib, the somehow deficient and the somehow maimed are thought to have special powers.

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

3. The runaway boy who lives on ___________ gives it all up to live on speed and saltines.

4. The animal from #105 tells the musician he will obey him as a __________ obeys his master.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the end, Two Eyes takes her sisters in because they are poor, even though they have treated her badly.

Part 1: Do you think you would be able to take in sisters who had treated you badly?

Part 2: Why do you think Two Eyes was able to take her sisters back into her life?

Part 3: How do you think the story might have changed had Two Eyes been treated better?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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