The Fir Tree

According to the selection, the fir tree can best be described as...

• Thoughtful

• Brave

• Impatient

• Clever

Which evidence best supports the idea that the fir tree did not like being the smallest tree?

• The Fir is curious about the fallen trees.

• The Fir understands the Sun, Wind, and Dew.

• The Fir gets angry at a hare for hopping over him.

• The Fir talks to birds.

Which statement best summarizes that Fir Tree's time in the woods?

• He was the most popular tree in the forest until he ran out of fruit.

• He had everything he needed but he didn't appreciate it.

• He was in constant danger but he made the best of it.

• He had such a happy childhood that he didn't want to grow up.

Who purchases the Fir Tree?

• A city official

• A poor family

• A logging company

• A rich family

Which best describes how the Fir Tree responds to being decorated?

• He enjoys the attention and hopes that the rest of his life will be like this.

• He feels uncomfortable and misses being in the woods.

• He doesn't even notice that he is being decorated because he is so ungrateful.

• He is angry about being taken from the woods and almost starts the house on fire.

Which evidence from the text best supports the idea that the tree and the rats do not get along?

• "Now a merry life will begin again," thought the Tree. He felt the fresh air, the first sunbeam--and now he was out in the courtyard.

• "It is dreadfully cold," said the Mouse. "But for that, it would be delightful here, old Fir, wouldn't it?"

• Where do you come from," asked the Mice; "and what can you do?" They were so extremely curious. "Tell us about the most beautiful spot on the earth. Have you never been there? Were you never in the larder, where cheeses lie on the shelves, and hams hang from above; where one dances about on tallow candles: that place where one enters lean, and comes out again fat and portly?"

• "It is a very stupid story! Don't you know one about bacon and tallow candles? Can't you tell any larder stories?"

Which figurative language technique is used in the following sentence?

"Each sigh was like a shot."

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Rhyme

When does the Fir Tree have his most significant change in character?

• While he is talking with the sparrows

• While he is talking with the mice

• While he is talking with the stork

• While he is fully decorated and lit

Which is an example of dramatic irony?

• The Fir thinks that man is waiting for spring to replant him.

• The boy who stomps on the tree wears the star on his shirt.

• The Fir spends several months in the loft of the home.

• The rats only want to hear stories about the larder.

Which statement best expresses a theme of this text?

• If you're failing to plan then you're planning to fail.

• If you dream it, and you believe it, then you can achieve it.

• Life is not about falling down; it's about getting back up.

• Live for today because tomorrow is not promised.