Multiple choice general knowledge

Tommelise, or Thumbelina, is the diminutive heroine of a well-known story by Hans Christian Andersen. Thumbelina’s adventures begin when she is kidnapped from her home to become:

  1. The governess of three baby field-mice

  2. The mascot of a company of soldiers

  3. The bride of a frog

  4. Lady-in-waiting to the Queen of the Fairies
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Explanation

In Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina, the tiny heroine's troubles begin when a toad kidnaps her to become a bride for her son. After escaping, she then endures a series of unwanted suitors including a beetle and a mole before ultimately finding freedom. Thumbelina never serves as a governess, mascot, or lady-in-waiting in the original story.

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