The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Andersen)

What was stated first that the fir tree wanted?

• to be chopped down

• to be a christmas tree in a house

• the be a grown-up tree

• to be thought of as pretty by the children

Which was some NOT something the little fir tree wished for in Part 1? He did not wish....

• to be high as the other trees.

• to have birds build nests in his branches.

• for children to sit down near him and say how pretty he was.

• to bend with as much magnificence as the others.

Only the sunbeams, the birds, and the clouds gave the little tree happiness.

• True

• False

In the winter, which animal would make the little tree angry when it jumped over it?

• a cat

• a frog

• a hare

• kangaroo

PART 2:

What were the largest trees used for in the story?

• Christmas trees

• lumbar

• masts for boats

• for eagles to make their nests in

Who or what informed the fir tree where the the ships were going with the large trees.

• the sparrows

• the other trees

• the swallows

• the stork

How does the stork explain what the sea looks like? The stork told him it looks like....

• the lake, but bigger

• ... he didn't answer him because it would take too long.

• the sky, but with water.

• like a beautiful Van Gogh painting.

Who kissed the tree?

• the hare

• the wind

• the dew

• the sparrows

Why were the small trees cut down?

• to make masts for sailboats

• to use for firewood

• to make matches

• to be Christmas trees in homes

Who or what knew what the small trees were used for?

• the Fir tree

• the Sparrows

• the Stork

• the Hare