Three Cinderella Folktale Quiz
If you are a fan of folktales this quiz is for you especially dealing with Cinderella. Specifically designed to find out how much your knowledge you have on the use of the particular set of terms.
- 1.All of the following occur during Oochigeaskw’s metamorphosis except
- A.
Her scars disappear
- B.
her hair grows long
- C.
She becomes invisible
- D.
her eyes become like stars
- 2.Which of the following statements about Oochigeaskw is not true:
- A.
She gets married to the Invisible Being.
- B.
She is scared from her sister’s abuse.
- C.
She is well-loved by the people in her village.
- D.
She has to make her own clothes out of tree bark.
- 3.What does Oochigeaskw’s name mean?
- A.
The scars on her face and hands.
- B.
Her ability to maker her own clothes.
- C.
Her position of youngest sister.
- D.
Her ability to see the Invisible Being.
- 4.Who acts the part of the “fairy godmother” in this story?
- A.
Her father
- B.
Invisible Being’s sister
- C.
Invisible Being himself
- D.
Her sisters
- 5.Which of the following is NOT a theme from this story?
- A.
When others do you wrong, do wrong back to them.
- B.
Believe in yourself.
- C.
Good can conquer over evil.
- D.
Even when the odds are small, keep trying.
- 6.All of the following motifs are in this story except:
- A.
Magic
- B.
Metamorphosis
- C.
False Parents
- D.
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- 7.Which detail below DID NOT happen in the story?
- A.
Her father was wealthy, but did not like Oochigeaskw, so she didn’t receive good clothes.
- B.
She was healed after she bathed in the water at the end of the story.
- C.
She was mistreated by her stepmother.
- 8.Which of the following statements about “Aschenputtel” is not true?
- A.
”Aschenputtel” is just one version of the popular story of Cinderella.
- B.
Aschenputtel is afraid of birds.
- C.
The stepsisters are punished for their cruel treatment of Aschenputtel.
- D.
The shoe fits Aschenputtel perfectly.
- 9.Aschenputtel asks her father for a twig because
- A.
She wants to carve it into a piece of jewelry
- B.
The prince tells her to get one
- C.
She needs to use it as a broom for sweeping up ashes
- D.
She wants to plant a tree in her mother’s memory
- 10.How does Aschenputtel’s stepmother try to prevent her from going to the festival?
- A.
She asks her husband to tell Aschenputtel not to go.
- B.
She locks Aschenputtel in the kitchen.
- C.
She gives Aschenputtel what she thinks will be impossible tasks.
- D.
She lies to Aschenputtel about the location of the festival.
- 11.How does the grave site of Aschenputtel’s mother relate the the story’s plot?
- A.
The wicked stepsisters ask forgiveness at the memorial service held at the grave site.
- B.
The white bird that grants magical wishes lives in the hazel tree that Aschenputtel planted at the grave site.
- C.
The evil stepmother trips over the headstone as she tries to escape from the white bird.
- D.
Her mother rises from the grave and takes revenge on Aschenputtel’s enemies.
- 12.Which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of “Aschenputtel”?
- A.
Evil is stronger than good.
- B.
Truth and goodness will triumph*. * means "win"
- C.
True love is hard to find.
- D.
Beware of quiet girls with birds.
- 13.All of the following popular motifs often seen in folktales can be found in “Aschenputtel” except
- A.
Grateful beast
- B.
A “fairy godmother” figure
- C.
False parents
- D.
Magic
- 14.Think about the main theme of "Ashenputtel." All of the following details support the main idea of “Aschenputtel” except
- A.
The stepsisters are blinded
- B.
The prince finds his future bride
- C.
The dove reveals the truth to the father
- D.
Pigeons reveal the stepsisters’ trickery
- 15.The evil stepsisters are motivated by all of the following except--in other words, they WANT all of the following except...
- A.
Beauty
- B.
Greed
- C.
Charity
- D.
Success
- 16.The fact that it takes the prince three attempts to find the owner of the shoe
- A.
Adds suspense to the story
- B.
Shows that the prince doesn’t really love Aschenputtel
- C.
Indicates that the prince is not a good detective
- D.
Explains why Aschenputtel’s stepmother is mean to her.
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