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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?

3. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

4. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?

5. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What was the grandmother like to the little girl when she was alive?

9. What does the second match the girl lights turn the wall before her into?

10. What does the little girl see after lighting her second match?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the visions the girl has with each match she lights. What are the visions? Why would she have these particular visions? What do they say about who she is and what she desires?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the character of the little girl in "The Little Match Girl." What details help develop her character and what do these details tell you about her?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the short story’s themes.

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