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1. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

The night is described as "terribly cold." It is snowing and "beginning to get dark" (59).

2. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

The "The Little Match Girl" begins on New Year's Eve.

3. How is the little girl described at the beginning of "The Little Match Girl"?

The little girl is described as being "poor" and "bareheaded and barefoot" (59).

4. What does the early description of the little girl tell you about her and how?

The early description of the little girl tells you just how poor she is, not having the proper clothing to keep warm on a freezing cold day. Also, having only her mother's slippers, which were too big for her.

5. How does the little girl lose her mother's slippers?

She loses one of her mother's slippers while running across the street. The other one is taken by a little boy who says he will use it "for a cradle when he had children himself" (59).

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