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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Even colder.
(c) Sleepy.
(d) Warmer.

2. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?
(a) The abusive nature of her father.
(b) The glory the girl had seen.
(c) The pain the girl endured.
(d) The plight of a poor child.

3. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?
(a) Her father.
(b) The wealthy grocer.
(c) Their whole family.
(d) God.

4. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?
(a) Her ankles.
(b) Her face.
(c) Her fingers.
(d) Her toes.

5. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her father.

6. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?
(a) She has not sold any matches.
(b) She lit a match.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She stole matches.

7. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Deliciously.
(c) Extravagantly.
(d) Lovingly.

8. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?
(a) Raindrops.
(b) Snowflakes.
(c) Falling leaves.
(d) Pine needles.

9. What happens after the second match burns out?
(a) Someone buys a match from the little girl.
(b) The girl falls asleep.
(c) The girl cries for help.
(d) The dinner scene disappears.

10. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Easter.
(d) Christmas.

11. What does the girl do after her second match goes out?
(a) She asks someone to help her.
(b) She lights a third one.
(c) She throws her matches away.
(d) She sells a match to someone.

12. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
(a) Independence Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Easter.

13. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
(a) Dead with cold.
(b) Like icicles.
(c) Frozen stiff.
(d) Red with cold.

14. How does the girl look when she is found at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Rosy cheeks and a smile on her lips.
(b) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.
(c) Blue-lipped and hunched over.
(d) Weak and limp.

15. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) In the corner by the house.
(b) Near a church.
(c) Outside her father's home.
(d) Outside the grocer's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?

3. How is the first match described after it burns out?

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

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

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