The Princess and the Tin Box

Who is the author of "The Princess and the Tin Box?

• Guy du Maupassant

• James Thurber

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Richard Connell

This story uses elements of what genre?

• literary nonfiction

• science fiction

• drama

• fairy tale

In the last paragraph, the reader can infer that "a hunk of aluminum silicate" refers to ___.

• an uncut diamond

• a precious metal

• a worthless stone

• a tin box

The best theme for this story is ___.

• what we like may not necessarily be good for us

• people value possessions

• every cloud has a silver lining

• it is better to give than to receive

The author's purpose in using the metaphor "with his boxwood flute" to describe the blackbird is to emphasize ___.

• the princess' enjoyment of nature

• a contrast to the princess' rich taste

• the bird's instrumental talent

• the dutifulness of the groundskeeper

The reader expects the princess to select the fifth prince at the plot's climax for all of these reasons except that ___.

• she is delighted at first-sight of the tin box

• he is the most handsome of the princes

• he is the strongest of the princes

• he struggled so hard to obtain the tin box

James Thurber's style is most straightforward and objective when he writes ___.

• "Her eyes were like the cornflower...and her throat made the swan look dusty."

• "Now the fifth prince was the strongest and handsomest of all the five suitors."

• "When she was seven, she was allowed to attend the wedding of her brother and throw real pearls of the bride instead of rice."

• Once upon a time, in a far country, there lived a king whose daughter was the prettiest princes in the world.

The author's purpose in using footnotes is to ___.

• identify his source

• compensate for the absences of a bibliography

• clarify and explain

• refer readers to related sources

In context of the story, the word glutted must mean ___.

• pelted

• bribed

• presented

• oversupplied

James Thurber states the moral of "The Princess and the TIn Box" because he expects that the reader might not ___.

• understand the plot

• comprehend why the princess chose prince number three

• admit to his or her own greed

• appreciate the satire in the story