Ashort story usually deals with a single problem or idea, has a single plot, and brings about a single effect.
a. true
b. false

The correct answer would be letter b. False, because a short story does not necessarily need only a single problem, single plot, and single conclusion. For many short stories has have those kind of characteristics but one thing in common is that it does not contain only one thought. 

An inference that can be made is that the princess is bothered about the tiger door. although there are reasons for both this one has a better reason. the princess is not a monster and even if she didn't want to marry this man she wouldn't want him to die. the grudge of death is pretty heavy. unless she has done this before and feels no regret then she wouldn't want to be married to someone of low quality, if he is low quality.

Where's section one?