Which of the following words come to your mind with reference to the incidents in the story? hopeful
joy

Select the term which best describes the type of story this is. a. fantasy b. fable c. fairy tale d. parable

Mention three things at the beginning of the story that should have made the little fir tree happy. Why was he unhappy?

Why did the hare make him angry?

In the winter, more fir trees were cut down and taken away. Mention two ways in which the chosen trees were different from the ones selected in the autumn. To what different uses were these trees put?

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. a. It was really splendid – beyond description splendid. i. Identify it in the quotation. ii. What made it so splendid? b. ‘Oh,’ thought the Tree. ‘If the evening but came.’ i. Explain the Tree’s feelings at this time. ii. Did things turn out the way he had expected?

When was the first time the tree realized that he had lost opportunities to be happy and content? What made him feel this way?

Find at least three statements made by the tree in the course of the story where he expresses an expectation of happier times in the future.

Contrast the physical appearance of the Tree on Christmas evening and days later, when he was taken out of the loft and thrown into the courtyard.

Divide the list of words/phrases given below into two groups – one that conveys positive feelings of joy and celebration, and the other that creates a sense of sadness and loss.

At the end of his life, the Tree says, ‘Had I but rejoiced when I had reason to do so! But now ‘tis past, ‘tis past.’ What was the lesson he had finally learned?

Describe an experience from your own life where something did not turn out the why you had expected it to.