Characters
Versions
Trivia
Plot
Vocabulary
100
This character has a stepmother and two stepsisters.
Who is Ashputtle?
100
This animation company produced a popular version of Ashputtle's story in 1950.
What is Disney?
100
This Disney character is noticeably missing from the German version of the story.
Who is the fairy godmother?
100
Less than a year after Ashputtle's mother dies, her father does this.
What is remarry?
100
fancy word for a wedding
What are nuptials?
200
This character followed Ashputtle home twice.
Who is the King's son?
200
These two brothers recorded the German version of the fairy tale based on oral folk legend.
Who are the Brothers Grimm (Jakob & Wilhelm)?
200
Ashputtle's stepmother tells her to pick this kind of bean out of the fireplace in order to be allowed to go to the wedding feast.
What is a lentil?
200
Every day, Ashputtle goes out to the hazel tree and does this to honor her mother.
What is pray?
200
person who does a lot of hard work
What is a drudge?
300
This character told Ashputtle to pick lentils out of the fireplace.
Who is the wicked stepmother?
300
Name three countries which boast a popular version of this story.
What are Germany, France, and China?
300
Ashputtle's father brings her a branch from this kind of tree.
What is a hazel tree?
300
Ashputtle goes to the wedding in dresses of these two colors.
What are silver and gold?
300
too many compliments/too much praise
What is adulation?
400
These characters cut off parts off their feet.
Who are the wicked stepsisters?
400
This author wrote the French version of the fairy tale.
Who is Charles Perrault?
400
Due to a mistranslation, Cinderella is famous for having glass slippers, rather than slippers made of this.
What is fur?
400
These "characters" inform the prince that he has the wrong bride.
What are the birds (doves)?
400
to lessen, relieve, or calm
What is allay?
500
This character called Ashputtle a servant instead of a family member.
Who is Ashputtle's father?
500
This version of the fairy tale originated in China.
What is Yeh Shen?
500
Name the two places Ashputtle hides on her way home from the wedding.
What are the dovecote and the pear tree?
500
Name the body parts the stepsisters lose by the end of the story.
What are their toe/heel and their eyes?
500
rough, rowdy, or noisy
What is boisterous?
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