Reading Comprehension Worksheet Hansel and Grethel

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Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Hansel and Grethel

Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Near a forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children; the
boy's name was Hansel and the girl's Grethel. They had very little to bite or to
sup. As he lay in bed one night he said to his wife, “We cannot even feed our
children.” Wife said, “We will take the children into the forest, we will make a fire,
and will give them a piece of bread, then we will go, they will never find the way
home.” “No,” said the man, but finally, he consented. The two children had heard
all. Grethel wept, “Do be quiet,” said Hansel, “I will manage something.” When
the parents had gone to sleep he put on his little coat, opened the back door, the
moon was shining, and the flints that lay glistened, Hansel filled the little pocket
of his coat. Before the sun had risen, the wife awakened the two children, saying,
“Get up, we are going into the forest.” She gave each of them a piece of bread,
and said, “That is for dinner.” Then they set off on their way to the forest. Hansel
had been taking a flint from his pocket and dropping it on the road. When they
reached the middle of the forest, the fire was set on, so Hansel and Grethel sat by
the fire, and at noon they ate their pieces of bread, and they fell asleep. When
they woke up it was night, and Grethel began to cry, but Hansel comforted her,
and when the full moon got up Hansel took his sister, and followed the way where
the flint stones shone like silver, and at the break of day they came to their house.
The father was glad. Not long after that there was scarcity, and the children heard
their mother say to their father, “We will take the children farther into the wood;
there is no other way to manage.” The children had heard all the talk. Hansel got
up to get flint stones, but the door was locked. He comforted his little sister, and
said, “God will help us.” The next morning the wife came and pulled the children
out of bed. She gave them each a little piece of bread. On the way to the wood
Hansel crumbled the bread in his pocket, and to throw a crumb on the ground.
The woman led the children far into the wood, and again there was a fire made,
so when noon came Grethel shared her bread with Hansel, then they went to
sleep, when they awoke it was dark night, Hansel comforted his little sister, and
said, “Wait a little, until the moon gets up.” So when the moon rose they got up,
but they could find no crumbs of bread, for the birds of the woods picked them
up. It was now the third morning since they had left their father's house.
Answer each question.

1. Who lived near the forest?
2. What was the plan that their mother made for the children?
3. How did Hansel and Grethel reach their home again?
4. Why didn’t Hansel and Grethel reach their father’s house the second time?
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Grade 6 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Hansel and Grethel

Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Near a forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children; the boy's name was
Hansel and the girl's Grethel. They had very little to bite or to sup. As he lay in bed one night he
said to his wife, “We cannot even feed our children.” Wife said, “We will take the children into the
forest, we will make a fire, and will give them a piece of bread, then we will go, they will never find
the way home.” “No,” said the man, but finally, he consented. The two children had heard all.
Grethel wept, “Do be quiet,” said Hansel, “I will manage something.” When the parents had gone
to sleep he put on his little coat, opened the back door, the moon was shining, and the flints that
lay glistened, Hansel filled the little pocket of his coat. Before the sun had risen, the wife
awakened the two children, saying, “Get up, we are going into the forest.” She gave each of them
a piece of bread, and said, “That is for dinner.” Then they set off on their way to the forest. Hansel
had been taking a flint from his pocket and dropping it on the road. When they reached the middle
of the forest, the fire was set on, so Hansel and Grethel sat by the fire, and at noon they ate their
pieces of bread, and they fell asleep. When they woke up it was night, and Grethel began to cry,
but Hansel comforted her, and when the full moon got up Hansel took his sister, and followed the
way where the flint stones shone like silver, and at the break of day they came to their house. The
father was glad. Not long after that there was scarcity, and the children heard their mother say to
their father, “We will take the children farther into the wood; there is no other way to manage.”
The children had heard all the talk. Hansel got up to get flint stones, but the door was locked. He
comforted his little sister, and said, “God will help us.” The next morning the wife came and pulled
the children out of bed. She gave them each a little piece of bread. On the way to the wood Hansel
crumbled the bread in his pocket, and to throw a crumb on the ground. The woman led the
children far into the wood, and again there was a fire made, so when noon came Grethel shared
her bread with Hansel, then they went to sleep, when they awoke it was dark night, Hansel
comforted his little sister, and said, “Wait a little, until the moon gets up.” So when the moon rose
they got up, but they could find no crumbs of bread, for the birds of the woods picked them up. It
was now the third morning since they had left their father's house.
Answer each question.
1. Who did live near the forest?
A poor woodcutter lived near the forest with his wife, and his two children. The boy's name was Hansel
and the girl's Grethel. They had very little to bite or to sup.
2. What was the plan that their mother made for the children?
One night the woodcutter said to his wife that they couldn’t even feed their children, he was so sad. The
wife made a plan to get rid of the children so she said that they would take the children into the forest,
then they would make a fire, and would give them a piece of bread, after that they both would go, so the
children would never find the way home.
3. How did Hansel and Grethel reach their home again?
Hansel and Grethel had heard the all talk. So, Hansel filled the little pocket of his coat with white flint of
stones. When they set off on their way to the forest Hansel had been taking a flint from his pocket and
dropping it on the road. In the wood they fell asleep. When they woke up it was night, and then the full
moon got up Hansel took his sister, and followed the way where the flint stones shone like silver, and at
the break of day they came to their house.
4. Why Hansel and Grethel didn’t reach their father’s house the second time?
The children didn’t reach the home the second time because their mother locked the back door and
Hansel didn’t get the flints. Their mother gave them each a little piece of bread. On the way to the wood
Hansel crumbled the bread in his pocket, and to throw a crumb on the ground but when they got up,
they could find no crumbs of bread, because the birds of the woods picked them up and they didn’t
reach their home.
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