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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. 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.

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

3. 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 gathers her things to go home.
(c) She tells her Granny she loves her.
(d) She strikes all the matches at once.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?

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

3. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?

4. How is the girl's clothing described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the little girl's home described?

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

5. What vision does the girl see upon lighting her third match?

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

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

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

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

10. How is the scene surrounding the little girl described at the start of the story?

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