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WorksheetsHansel and Gretel
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 28mins
What does 'wicked' mean?
Very mean or bad
Walking slowly and heavily
Fainting or becoming overwhelmed
Jealous of another person’s qualities
Something that is very special or valuable
Swooning
Envy
Treasure
Snarled
Walking slowly and heavily due to tiredness or difficult conditions
Gemstones
Seized
Swooning
Trudging
took control by force
Envy
Seized
Gemstones
Treasure
Felt jealous of another person’s qualities, belongings, or good
fortune
Swooning
Trudged
Envied
Stepmother
Fainting or becoming overwhelmed with excitement, joy, or other extreme
emotion
Trudging
Envied
Swooning
Seized
Growled aggressively or said something in an angry way
Snarled
Swooning
Envied
Quaint
Pleasantly old-fashioned or unusual
Stepmother
Envied
Snarled
Quaint
Causing extreme dislike or disgust; very unpleasant
Loathsome
Quaint
Swooning
Envied
Slyly or sneakily
Gemstones
Furtively
Treasure
Swooning
Who is telling the story?
Hansel
Gretel
The old woman
A narrator
Why does the old woman order Gretel to fill the pot with water and fetch wood for a hot fire?
The old woman wants to make more food for Hansel to eat.
The old woman wants to cook Hansel.
The old woman wants Gretel to make her some soup.
The old woman wants to take a bath.
Why is the old woman nice to the children in the beginning of the story?
She is trying to trick them.
She feels sorry that they are so hungry.
She wants to share a meal with them.
She wants them to clean her house.
Why does Hansel and Gretel’s father send them away?
He does not have enough food to feed the children
He wants them to go to the village to visit an old woman.
He wants them to go find treasure so they can buy food.
He wants them to go hunting for food in the woods.
Which of the following events happens last?
The breadcrumbs are eaten by the birds.
Gretel boils water on the stove for the old woman.
The old woman is locked in the cage.
Gretel finds a chicken bone and gives it to Hansel.
Based on the events in this story, what is another word for wicked?
Kind
Shy
Mean
Fearful
Which of the following words best describe the old woman?
Kind and wise
Small and hurt
Mean and clever
Ill and selfish
When Hansel grabs the old woman’s treasure, readers
can tell that .
Hansel is so greedy that all he can think about is the treasure rather than helping his sister escape.
Even when he is scared, Hansel is thinking about the future and the well being of his family .
Hansel dislikes the old woman so much that he wants to take what is most valuable to her.
Hansel wants to use the treasure so that he and Gretel never have to return home again.
Why is the old woman’s house made of candy?
To attract people to the house.
To help the old woman to never be hungry.
To hide treasure from the village
To distract people so they
get lost in the woods.
