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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Little Match Girl" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) The local baker.
(c) The priest's.
(d) The wealthy grocer.

2. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) The night before Christmas.
(b) The last day of the old year.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) The first day of the new year.

3. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(b) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.
(c) Cold, hunger, and fear.
(d) Anger, misery, and poverty.

4. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A poor little girl.
(b) A young father.
(c) An old grandmother.
(d) A poor little boy.

5. What does the little girl do just before the third match goes out?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She passes away.
(c) She lights another match with the dying third match.
(d) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

2. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?

3. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?

4. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?

5. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?

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