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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?
(a) Burned and blazed.
(b) Heated and hugged.
(c) Lit and warmed.
(d) Fired and soared.

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

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

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

5. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Red and blue with cold.
(b) Toasty warm.
(c) Purple and blistered.
(d) Covered in frostbite.

6. What disappears as the first candle burns out?
(a) The girl's purse.
(b) The stove.
(c) The match bundle.
(d) The Christmas Tree.

7. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?
(a) The goose stands up and sings.
(b) The turkey dances on the table.
(c) The beef waves to her from the table.
(d) The goose jumps off the table and waddles toward her.

8. 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) 1 million.
(b) 100.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,000.

9. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?
(a) Dazzling dancers.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Brilliant stars.
(d) Colorful pictures.

10. What adjectives are used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) Warm and blue.
(b) Clear and soothing.
(c) Hot and fiery.
(d) Clear and warm.

11. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?
(a) Her sister's shoes.
(b) Her mother's slippers.
(c) Her brother's shoes.
(d) Her father's slippers.

12. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
(a) She begs for help.
(b) She goes home.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She strikes another match against the wall.

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

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

15. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?
(a) She was trying to keep warm.
(b) Poor little creature.
(c) She should have gone home.
(d) What a waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?

2. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?

3. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?

4. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

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

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