Clever Gretel — Questions and answers

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What did Gretel's master ask her to prepare for the guest who was coming to supper?

Choices

  1. a large cake
  2. a pot of soup
  3. fresh bread
  4. two fine fowls ✓

Answer: two fine fowls

From page 1

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', what did Gretel do to the fowls to make their skin golden and crisp?

Choices

  1. She basted them now and then. ✓
  2. She baked them in an oven.
  3. She fried them in a pan.
  4. She boiled them in water.

Answer: She basted them now and then.

From page 2

Why did Gretel's master decide to go down the lane himself?

Choices

  1. to chop some wood
  2. to fetch his visitor ✓
  3. to buy more food
  4. to look for Gretel

Answer: to fetch his visitor

From page 3

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', where did Gretel go to get a drink after her master left?

Choices

  1. down the narrow stone steps into the cool, dim cellar ✓
  2. to the pantry for a bottle of juice
  3. outside to the well in the yard
  4. to the neighbor's house for water

Answer: down the narrow stone steps into the cool, dim cellar

From page 4

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', what did Gretel do with the first fowl after tasting its wing?

Choices

  1. She put it back on the spit to cook more.
  2. She saved it for her master and the guest.
  3. She threw it away because it was burned.
  4. She ate the whole first fowl, down to the very last bone. ✓

Answer: She ate the whole first fowl, down to the very last bone.

From page 5

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', why did Gretel eat the second fowl?

Choices

  1. She thought it would be a pity to let it go cold and stiff waiting for guests who might never arrive. ✓
  2. She was practicing her cooking skills.
  3. She wanted to surprise her master with an empty table.
  4. She was told by her master to eat it.

Answer: She thought it would be a pity to let it go cold and stiff waiting for guests who might never arrive.

From page 6

What was Gretel's master doing outside the front door while waiting for supper?

Choices

  1. He was looking for Gretel.
  2. He was sharpening the big carving knife. ✓
  3. He was talking to the guest.
  4. He was planting flowers in the garden.

Answer: He was sharpening the big carving knife.

From page 7

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', what did Gretel tell the guest when he knocked at the front door?

Choices

  1. She asked him to help her find her master.
  2. She invited him inside to eat supper.
  3. She told him to get away as fast as he could because her master meant to cut off his ears. ✓
  4. She told him the fowls were not ready yet.

Answer: She told him to get away as fast as he could because her master meant to cut off his ears.

From page 8

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', what did Gretel tell her master had happened to the roast fowls?

Choices

  1. She had accidentally dropped them on the floor.
  2. They were still cooking on the spit.
  3. A stray dog had come in and eaten them.
  4. His guest had snatched both roast fowls right off the dish and run away with them. ✓

Answer: His guest had snatched both roast fowls right off the dish and run away with them.

From page 9

In the fairy tale 'Clever Gretel', what was Gretel doing when her master returned home after chasing the guest?

Choices

  1. She was perfectly calm and perfectly content, with not a single fowl anywhere in sight. ✓
  2. She was cooking another meal for him.
  3. She was cleaning the kitchen.
  4. She was crying because the fowls were gone.

Answer: She was perfectly calm and perfectly content, with not a single fowl anywhere in sight.

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