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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. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Warmer.
(d) Even colder.

2. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?
(a) Falling leaves.
(b) Raindrops.
(c) Pine needles.
(d) Snowflakes.

3. How does the girl look when she is found at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Rosy cheeks and a smile on her lips.
(b) Blue-lipped and hunched over.
(c) Weak and limp.
(d) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?

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

3. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

4. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where and how does the little girl sit at the start of the story in an attempt to keep warm?

3. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

4. Describe what happens to the Christmas candles in the vision the little girl has after lighting her second match.

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

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

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

8. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

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