Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
How did the tree feel when the children said: "Is it not a pretty little tree?"
Angry because it did not like children.
Happy to be called pretty.
Unhappy to be called little.
Why did the tree want to become a ship's mast?
It wanted to follow a large bird and travel to Egypt.
It thought this was the only way to get out of the forest.
Being a mast was better than being a Christmas tree.
Why did the tree then want to become a Christmas tree?
It wanted to be dressed up for one special day.
It thought that this would lead to an even better life after Christmas.
It wasn't tall enough to go to sea as a ship's mast.
What was the tree told before it was cut down to become a Christmas tree?
To be a Christmas tree leads to a good life.
To live in a house is much better than going to sea.
You should be happy to live here in the forest.
How did the tree feel immediiately after it was cut down?
Unhappy to be leaving the forest.
Excited about its new life.
As if its wish had come true.
Why did the tree like the Humpty Dumpty story?
It was like a story he had heard from the birds in the forest.
He thought the same thing could happen to him.
It was a good story to tell to the mice in the attic.
What was the tree waiting for in the attic?
Spring to come so that he would be put back in the ground.
The next Christmas when he would be dressed up again.
The people in the house to remember that he was there.
What did the tree learn from the mice in the attic?
That people will like you if you can tell good stories.
That being a Christmas tree is not a good thing.
That his days in the forest were not so bad.
What did the tree wish for in the garden?
That it had not wanted so much to leave the forest.
That the child would not take the gold star from him.
That Humpty Dumpty would come and save him.
What is the moral (lesson in life) of the story?
That trees have feelings and we should not cut them down.
That we should live for the moment and enjoy life as it is.
That you need to work hard now to have a good future.