Answers to the Exercises for The Good Prince Part 3

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A. How much did you understand?

 

  1. The sorceress wanted to marry the prince, but first he had to break her evil magic.
  2. The prince stood at the edge of the water and called to the King of the Seas.
  3. The prince went down into the whale's stomach.
  4. "You hid yourself well, and I will give you another chance."
  5. The antelope took the prince into the high mountains.
  6. At last, on the fourth day, she picked up her magic telescope.
  7. The mouse took the prince to a great hole in the ground.
  8. The prince hid under the throne of the King of the Jinns.
  9. The sorceress hunted for the prince through the whole world.
  10. So the prince married the sorceress.

 

B. When?

 

  1. The sorceress told the prince to come back after how many days?
    Four days
  2. When did the prince leave the golden house to go down to the sea?
    The next morning, very early
  3. How often did the sorceress use her magic telescope?
    Three times
  4. When did the whale swim back to the edge of the sea?
    At the end of the day/after four days
  5. When the antelope hid the prince, for how many days did the sorceress look for him?
    For four days
  6. When did the prince come out of the antelope's cave?
    At the end of the day/on the fourth day
  7. For how long did the prince hide under the throne of the King of the Jinns?
    For four days
  8. When did the mouse come back to the prince?
    At the end of the fourth day
  9. For how long did the prince and the sorceress live together in the golden house?
    For many, many years