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Ezekiel 31 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The Great Cedar Tree

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolA Very Tall Tree

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Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenA Tall Tree

TREE → picture 4BIRD → picture 3WATER → picture 1TALL → picture 2

Grade 1The Proud Tree

The cedar was very tall. → picture 5Birds made nests in it. → picture 1Its roots were by many waters. → picture 4The tree became proud. → picture 2The tree was cut down. → picture 3

Order:

1. Whom are you like in your greatness2. The waters nourished it3. All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs4. The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it

Grade 2The Beautiful Tree

  1. How tall was the tree? Very tall (circle)
  2. Where were its roots? By lots of water (circle)
  3. What lived in its branches? Birds (circle)
  4. What happened to the proud tree? It was cut down (circle)
  5. What does pride lead to? A fall (circle)
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Grade 3Like a Cedar of Lebanon

  1. What tree pictured Assyria? A great cedar in Lebanon
  2. Why did the tree grow tall? Its roots were by many waters
  3. Which trees envied it? The trees of Eden
  4. Why was the tree cut down? It became proud of its height
1: Whom are you like in your greatness2: The waters nourished it3: All the birds of the sky made their nests in its boughs4: The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it
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Grade 4Whom Are You Like?

  1. What empire did the cedar stand for? Assyria
  2. Why did the cedar grow so tall? Its roots were by many waters
  3. Who made the tree beautiful? God
  4. What lesson was Pharaoh meant to learn? He would fall just as proud Assyria fell

Word bank: 1. greatness; 2. God; 3. branches; 4. trees; 5. boughs

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The Cedar That Fell

  1. Why did God point Pharaoh to Assyria's history? Assyria had been the greatest empire yet had recently fallen
  2. Who made the cedar beautiful? God himself
  3. What other book uses a great-tree image for a king? Daniel 4
  4. Which New Testament verse says God gives grace to the humble? 1 Peter 5:5
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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