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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. How many candles does the story say burned on the green branches of the Christmas tree the little girl sees after lighting her third candle?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 100.
(d) 1,000.

2. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?
(a) Reveals its evil.
(b) Makes it look hopeful.
(c) Makes it glow brighter than daylight.
(d) Heats it up.

3. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
(a) Radiance and happiness.
(b) God's heaven.
(c) Calm and ease.
(d) Peace and serenity.

4. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
(a) She asks her to take her with her.
(b) She asks her to help her sell the matches.
(c) She asks her to keep her warm.
(d) She asks her to take her home.

5. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
(a) She desperately tries to warm her whole body with it.
(b) She strikes all the matches at once.
(c) She tells her Granny she loves her.
(d) She gathers her things to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the final matches the girl lights described as burning?

2. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

3. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?

4. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?

5. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?

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