​The Star-Child: Multiple Choice Grammar Test

Once upon a time two poor Woodcutters were making their way home (1) _________a great pine forest. It was winter, and a night of (2) _________cold. The snow (3) _________thick upon the ground, and upon the branches of the trees. At last, they reached (4) _________of the forest and saw the lights of the village in which they dwelt.

They were (5) _________that they laughed aloud, and the Earth seemed to them like a flower of silver, and the Moon like a flower of gold. Yet, after that they (6) _________they became sad, for they remembered their poverty, and one of them said to (7) _________, “Why did we make merry, seeing that life is for (8)_________ , and not for such people as we are?” “Truly,” answered his companion, “ (9) _________is given to some, and little is given to (10) _________ .”

But as they (11) _________their misery to each other, this strange thing happened. A very bright and beautiful star fell from heaven. And one of them ran (12) _________than his mate and forced his way through the willows. There was indeed a thing of gold lying on the white snow. He cried out to his friend that he had found the treasure (13) _________from the sky. But, alas! No gold was in it, (14) _________silver, but only a little child who was asleep.

After Oscar Wilde