Princess Penelope

What can the reader assume is the main idea of paragraph 3 of the story "Princess Penelope"?

• The princess is a hard worker.

• The princess must be famished from not having lunch.

• The princess really regrets not bring along any ponytail holders.

• The princess did not realize that living on her own would be so difficult.

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Which of the following is the main theme of the story "Princess Penelope"?

• Don't eat things in the forest that you can't identify.

• If you're not happy with your life, just go find a better one.

• Sometimes it's best to be happy with what you have.

• Fire-breathing dragons aren't always mean.

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What is the best summary for the story "Princess Penelope"?

• A cook and a maid became bored with serving a princess and decided to go into the woods to live happily away from her.

• A fire-breathing dragon made friends with a princess who let her fly him around the kingdom.

• A princess learned how to live in the forest and decided it was a better life than her royal one.

• A princess who wasn't happy with her life decided to try to live life, only to realize that her life wasn't that bad off to begin with.

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Which of the following sentences from paragraph 1 of the story "Princess Penelope" does not support the main idea in the diagram?

• There was an evil witch that didn’t like Penelope much but had been keeping to herself in the recent years.

• She had her personal chef that brought her a scrumptious entrée for breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day.

• She had a maid that would wash her hair and dry it each morning.

• Even the fire-breathing dragon often helped the princess by flying her wherever she desired to go within the kingdom.

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Which of the following titles below would make a good replacement for "Princess Penelope"?

• An Attempt at a Different Life

• A Hardworking Princess

• The Princess and her Dragon

• An Ungrateful Royal

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Who is Penelope?

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The men who are living in Penelope’s home, eating her food, and insisting that she marry one of them are called

• fiancés

• beggars

• suitors

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What kind of contest does Penelope give the princes?

• A contest of wits

• An archery contest

• A sword fight

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What is the main conflict in the story 'Princess Penelope'?

• A) Princess Penelope struggles to find her place in the world.

• B) Princess Penelope battles a dragon to save her kingdom.

• C) Princess Penelope tries to win a cooking contest.

• D) Princess Penelope is trying to find a lost treasure.

Which literary device is predominantly used in 'Princess Penelope'?

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Irony

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