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Test Review: Grimm's Fairy Tales

Directions: Please answer the following questions based on the Grimm versions only.

The Grimm Brothers/Fairy Tales

  1. What were the Grimm brothers’ first names?
  2. What was the first career path of both brothers?
  3. How many fairy tales did they write?

Cinderella

  1. Who/what helps Cinderella when she needs things done?
  2. How may balls does Cinderella go to?
  3. What must Cinderella clean out of the hearth in order to attend the ball?
  4. What kind of slippers does Cinderella wear to the ball?
  5. How do the stepsisters fit into the slippers?
  6. What happens to Cinderella's stepsisters at her wedding?

Snow White

  1. How does the Queen try to kill Snow White? (name all 3)
  2. What does the huntsman bring back to the stepmother to prove her death?
  3. What must Snow White do in order to live with the dwarfs?
  4. How does the stepmother know that Snow White is the "fairest?"
  5. How does Snow White come back to life?
  6. Of what is Snow White's coffin made?

Little Red Capp. 93

  1. To where is the young girl taking food?
  2. What is the young girl bringing to the cottage?
  3. What does the young girl do on the way to the cottage that steers her a little off the road?
  4. By whom and how is the young girl saved?
  5. Who is the imposter at the cottage?
  6. How does the imposter die?

The Water of Lifep. 327

  1. Who traps the two brothers between two mountains?
  2. How many kingdoms did the youngest brother save on the way home to help his father?
  3. What things did the youngest brother need in order to get to the water of life?
  4. Who was ordered to kill the youngest brother? Why was he ordered to kill him?
  5. How would the princess know it was the "right man" coming to her castle?
  6. By what time did the prince have to leave the castle so that he wouldn't get trapped inside?
  7. How did the two older brothers trick their younger brother?

One-Eye, Two-Eyes, & Three-Eyesp. 424

  1. Why was Two-Eyes not liked by the rest of her family?
  2. How did the rest of Two-Eyes' family punish her?
  3. What happened when Two-Eyes said "Little goat, bleat, and bring me things to eat?"
  4. Who 1st fell asleep when they went out to the pasture with Two-Eyes?
  5. What did the woman tell Two-Eyes to do after the mother killed the goat?
  6. What appeared the next morning because of what the woman told Two-Eyes?
  7. Who came to the house one day and saved Two-Eyes?
  8. What happened to Two-Eyes' sisters in the end?

The Goose Girlp. 296

  1. What was the name of the princess' horse? What was so special about this horse?
  2. What did the princess' mother give her to help her on her journey?
  3. What did the chambermaid tell the princess when the princess asked for water?
  4. Upon arriving at the royal castle, the chambermaid had what done to the horse?
  5. Who did the princess have to help with the geese (name)?
  6. Why did the princess want the young man's cap to be blown off?
  7. Where did the princess talk about her sorrows?
  8. How did the chambermaid die?

Iron Hansp. 443

  1. What happened in the forest that made people afraid to enter?
  2. What did the huntsman see in the forest?
  3. What happened to the golden ball the boy was playing with?
  4. Who let the wild man out of the cage?
  5. What happened when something fell into the water?
  6. What happened to the boy after he dropped things in the water three times?
  7. How many different suits of armor did Iron Hans give the boy?
  8. Who was Iron Hans?

The Twelve Brothersp. 32

1. What did the mother warn her 12 sons about?

2. Where did the brothers live in hiding for 10 years?

3. What color was the flag that the mother raised?

4. What did the brothers agree to do to any girl they met?

5. How did Benjamin keep his brothers form killing the sister?

6. Why did the brothers turn into ravens?

7. Why did the king try to burn his wife?

8. How did the brothers save their sister?

Rumpelstiltskinp. 193

  1. What was the job of the maiden's father?
  2. What did he tell the king his daughter could do?
  3. What did the maiden give the little man for his services on the first encounter?
  4. What did the maiden promise the little man on the last encounter?
  5. After the maiden finished all three jobs, what did the king do to her?
  6. List the names that the maiden tries to guess before choosing the right one.
  7. How did the maiden know the little man's name?