1. How is the problem that Meredith and Rumpelstiltskin solve different from the problem that Hope solves?
2. What kind person is Rumpelstiltskin's daughter? Do you think she prospered in the end?
3. The king's guards were always "gnashing their teeth, clutching their swords, and peering about with shifty eyes." If you were Hope, what might you do to change the guards act?
4. Rumpelstiltskin's daughter's name is Hope. Why do you think the writer chose to end the story with that fact? Why is hope so important?