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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 did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?
(a) Straw and rags.
(b) Paper.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Mud.
2. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Easter.
(d) Independence Day.
3. Despite the cold, where does the girl refuse to go?
(a) Home.
(b) Her Granny's.
(c) Church.
(d) Her friend's house.
4. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?
(a) Gathering her things to go home.
(b) Resting her head to nap.
(c) Stretching her feet to warm them.
(d) Singing a Christmas song.
5. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) The last day of the old year.
(b) The night before Christmas.
(c) The first day of the new year.
(d) Christmas Day.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
2. What adjectives are used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
3. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
4. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
5. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the girl's Granny do with her after she lights the remaining matches?
2. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?
3. What does the girl say to her Granny after lighting her third match?
4. What does the girl say at the sight of a fallen start as her second candle burns out and why?
5. What vision does the girl see upon lighting her third match?
6. What is the little girl doing just as her second match burns out?
7. What does the early description of the little girl tell you about her and how?
8. What does the little girl see after lighting her second match?
9. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
10. How does the little girl lose her mother's slippers?
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