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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many matches has the little girl sold at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) 11.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 23.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?

3. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?

4. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?

5. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?

2. Describe the vision the little girl has upon lighting her first match.

3. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?

4. What does the girl say to her Granny after lighting her third match?

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

6. Why does the girl light her remaining matches toward the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

7. What happens just as the little girl stretches her feet to warm them before the warmth of the iron stove?

8. What does the girl say at the sight of a fallen start as her second candle burns out and why?

9. What simile is use to describe the first match the candle lit?

10. What does the girl see after the first match burns out?

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