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The Fir Tree (Hans Christian Andersen)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was stated first that the fir tree wanted?

a)

to be chopped down

b)

to be a christmas tree in a house

c)

the be a grown-up tree

d)

to be thought of as pretty by the children

2.

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

a)

to be high as the other trees.

b)

to have birds build nests in his branches.

c)

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

d)

to bend with as much magnificence as the others.

3.

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

a)

True

b)

False

4.

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

a)

a cat

b)

a frog

c)

a hare

d)

kangaroo

5.

PART 2:

What were the largest trees used for in the story?

a)

Christmas trees

b)

lumbar

c)

masts for boats

d)

for eagles to make their nests in

6.

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

a)

the sparrows

b)

the other trees

c)

the swallows

d)

the stork

7.

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

a)

the lake, but bigger

b)

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

c)

the sky, but with water.

d)

like a beautiful Van Gogh painting.

8.

Who kissed the tree?

a)

the hare

b)

the wind

c)

the dew

d)

the sparrows

9.

Why were the small trees cut down?

a)

to make masts for sailboats

b)

to use for firewood

c)

to make matches

d)

to be Christmas trees in homes

10.

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

a)

the Fir tree

b)

the Sparrows

c)

the Stork

d)

the Hare

11.

Why did the Fir tree think there must have been something even better after the trees were in homes?

a)

because the trees were decorated

b)

because the trees were still young

c)

because the were still on their ships

d)

because they were being loaded onto trucks.

12.

The tone of a story is the emotional quality of the words used by the author. What is the tone of the following paragraph?


Towards Christmas that year, he was one of the first that was cut down. The axe struck deep; the Tree fell to the earth with a sigh. He felt a pang. He could not think of happiness, for he was sorrowful at being separated from his home, from the place where he had sprung up. He well knew that he should never see his dear old comrades, the little bushes and flowers around him, anymore; perhaps not even the birds! The departure was not at all agreeable.

a)

mysterious

b)

humorous

c)

cheerful

d)

sad

13.

PART 3:


In Part 3, page 7, what type of people do you live in the house?

a)

Poor people with not a lot of money

b)

People with a lot of mony and many nice things

c)

Farmers that live in the beautiful countryside

d)

young people that live in highrises in New York City.

14.

What happended after the tree blazed up?

a)

the fire was quickly put out

b)

the tree caught the house on fire and everyone escaped without harm

c)

the father quicly threw the tree outside where it was put out in the snow

d)

the tree and the house went up in flames and everyone inside died

15.

True or False: After the children were finished opening their presents, they sat around the tree one last time to drink their milk and cookies and sang Christmas carols.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Who was the only person that looked at the tree that night after the presents were open?

a)

the Mother of the story

b)

The Father of the story

c)

the mouse

d)

the old nurse