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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 is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?
(a) Her father will come for her.
(b) She will freeze.
(c) Her Granny will disappear.
(d) Someone will finally buy a match.

2. 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 father.
(d) Her sister.

3. What surface does the little girl use to light the first match?
(a) The bottom of her shoe.
(b) The ground.
(c) The wall.
(d) A nearby stone.

4. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?
(a) Dust.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Wind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?

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

3. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?

4. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the little girl doing just as her second match burns out?

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

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

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

7. How do passers-by react when they see the little girl?

8. After lighting the second match, whose Christmas tree is compared to the one she sees?

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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