Which quotation from "hansel and gretel” is an example of a simile? “they saw that the cottage was made of bread and roofed with cakes.” “suddenly the door opened, and an ancient dame leaning on a staff hobbled out.” “after they had finished, two beautiful little white beds were prepared for them.” “then hansel sprang like a bird out of a cage when the door is opened.”

The example of a simile is the fourth one, “Then Hansel sprang like a bird out of a cage when the door is opened.”

A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things; in this case Hansel is compared with a bird springing out of a cage. The way to differentiate them is because similes often uses words "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

The Last one.

Explanation:

Because a simile uses like or as to compare two things so in the answer it says “Then Hansel sprang like a bird out of a cage when the door is opened.”