"The Frog Prince" Review

Which is a theme of the passage?

• Keeping one’s promises brings rewards.

• Parents do not always understand their children.

• It is important to take care of valuable possessions.

• Strangers should be avoided.

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RL.8.2

Read the sentence from paragraph 4.

“Alas!” said she, “what can you do for me, you nasty frog?”

What does this dialogue reveal about the princess?

• She is prejudiced against the frog before he even makes his offer.

• She is curious about the frog and wants to know more about him.

• She believes that the frog means her harm and is uncomfortable speaking to him.

• She does not understand from where the frog came or how he can speak.

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What is the effect of the phrase “tap, tap—plash, plash” as used in paragraph 9?

• It creates an angry tone.

• It adds to the princess’s characterization.

• It builds suspense.

• It foreshadows the ending.

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Which quotation demonstrates the difference in viewpoints between the princess and the frog?

• “The frog said, ‘If you will love me, and let me live with you, and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep upon your bed, I will bring you your ball again.’ ‘What nonsense,’ thought the princess, ‘this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me…’” (paragraphs 5 and 6)

• “The king, her father, seeing that something had frightened her, asked her what was the matter. ‘There is a nasty frog,’ said she, ‘at the door, that lifted my ball for me out of the spring this morning: I told him that he should live with me here…’” (paragraphs 10 and 11)

• “‘Open the door, my princess dear, / Open the door to thy true love here!’” (paragraph 14)

• “They then took leave of the king and got into the coach with eight horses and all set out, full of joy and merriment, for the prince’s kingdom, which they reached safely…” (paragraph 17)

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RL.8.6

Which quotation supports the inference that the princess would have broken her promise if the king had not made her keep it?

• “The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep—so deep that she could not see the bottom of it.” (paragraph 2)

• “Then the frog put his head down and dived deep under the water; after a little while he came up again with the ball in his mouth and threw it on the edge of the spring.” (paragraph 7)

• “...there she saw the frog, whom she had quite forgotten. At this sight she was sadly frightened, and shutting the door as fast as she could, came back to her seat.” (paragraph 10)

• “And when the princess opened the door, the frog came in and slept upon her pillow as before, till the morning broke. And the third night he did the same.” (paragraph 15)

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RL.8.1

Because of the difference in viewpoints, which is a dramatic irony that the reader can see but that the princess does not notice?

• The princess thinks the frog does not understand her, but he can actually speak.

• The princess believes that the frog is only after her money and title, but he really loves her.

• The princess does not remember meeting the frog, but they met when the frog was still a human.

• The princess does not believe the frog will leave the spring and forgets about him, but the frog intends to follow her home.

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How does the setting of the castle contribute to the central idea of the passage?

• by highlighting that the princess, who is gullible, should never have left her home

• by demonstrating that the princess does not deserve her wealth

• by explaining why the frog feels uncomfortable in the presence of the princess

• by contrasting the princess’s grand home with the lowly frog, who lives outside

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RL.8.2

Look at the illustration of the story of the frog-prince.

Which is a primary difference between the passage and the illustration?

• In the passage, the frog says that he lives far away from the princess’s castle, but in the illustration, the frog lives next to the princess’s castle.

• In the passage, the princess thinks the frog cannot leave the spring, but in the illustration, the frog is already out of the spring when talking to the princess.

• In the passage, the frog believes that the princess will help him, but in the illustration, the princess tells the frog that she will not help him.

• In the passage, the princess tricks the frog into coming home with her, but in the illustration, the frog is the one who tricks the princess into helping him.

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Questions 9-12 ask about what you read in both the passage from “The Frog-Prince” and the excerpt from “The Forest Bride: The Story of a Little Mouse Who Was a Princess.”

Both passages use humans who are transformed into animals to reveal the protagonists’ character traits. How does this structural choice contribute to an understanding of the princess in “The Frog-Prince” and Veikko in “The Forest Bride”?

• In “The Frog-Prince,” the characterization of the frog conveys the princess’s cleverness. In “The Forest Bride,” the characterization of the mouse conveys Veikko’s indecisiveness.

• In “The Frog-Prince,” the characterization of the frog conveys the princess’s dishonesty. In “The Forest Bride,” the characterization of the mouse conveys Veikko’s open-mindedness.

• In “The Frog-Prince,” the characterization of the frog conveys the princess’s generosity. In “The Forest Bride,” the characterization of the mouse conveys Veikko’s aggression.

• In “The Frog-Prince,” the characterization of the frog conveys the princess’s jealousy. In “The Forest Bride,” the characterization of the mouse conveys Veikko’s ambition.

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How are the structures of both passages similar?

• They begin with the protagonist resisting the animal and end with the animal’s transformation.

• They feature an argument between the protagonist and the animal as the climax of the story.

• They set the scene at the beginning by describing the transformation of the prince or princess into an animal.

• They conclude the story with a description of the wedding ceremony between the protagonist and the love interest.

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