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Which statement best describes the resolution of "Sleeping Beauty"?

A
Aurora turns 16.
B
The prince rescues Aurora.
C
The Queen throws herself into the pit of reptiles.
D
Maleficent casts a spell.
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The ________ of a story can be applied to other works of literature or to life.

A
setting
B
plot
C
theme
D
characters
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By making inferences based on analysis of a character, the reader is able to determine a character's

A
actions.
B
development.
C
theme.
D
motivation.
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Which event is part of the exposition in "Cinderella"?

A
The slipper fits Cinderella’s foot.
B
A fairy godmother appears to Cinderella.
C
The prince and Cinderella get married.
D
An invitation to the prince’s ball arrives.
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The reason a character thinks, feels, or acts a specific way is called

A
thematic development.
B
plot structure.
C
character motivation.
D
prior knowledge.
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Read the passage from Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Princess and the Pea.”Then [the Queen] took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept."Oh, very badly!” said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It’s horrible!”Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.There, that is a true story.

A
“Then [the Queen] took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea.”
B
“In the morning she was asked how she had slept.”
C
“‘Oh, very badly!’ said she. ‘I have scarcely closed my eyes all night.’”
D
“So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess.”
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Read the passage from Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Princess and the Pea.”Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess."Well, we’ll soon find that out,” thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

A
"Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess."
B
"So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess."
C
"One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents."
D
"But, good gracious! What a sight the rain and the wind had made her look."
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What details from a story best help develop the theme?

A
readers' prior knowledge
B
the author's motivations for writing
C
descriptions of time and place
D
character motivation and plot

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