Fiction
Who is the main character of Ashputtle?
Ashputtle.
What did the little girl want to be?
A mermaid.
What does life have to sell?
Loveliness.
Why was Ashputtle given her name?
Because she always looked dusty and dirty.
How did Barbara Bush say you could build a nation?
Answer the question of where all the different people stand, who don't fit in the boxes or pigeonholes.
Why should you not count the cost for loveliness?
Because an hour of peace counts for many years of struggle.
Who stopped Ashputtle from going to the King's celebration?
What did Barbara say diversity requires?
Effort.
What is a theme of the poem?
Life offers priceless loveliness that one should buy without counting the cost.
What did Ashputtle plant on her Mother's grave?
A hazel tree.
What is more important than careers or jobs?
What is the mood of the poem?
Optimistic, uplifting, celebratory.
What was Ashputtle's Stepsister's punishment for being so wicked and cruel?
Their eyes were plucked out by birds.
What does the success of the nation depend upon?
What happens in people's houses.
What is the tone of the poem?
Joyful, wondrous, optimistic, urgent, advisory, earnest.