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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Little Match Girl" .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her ankles.
(c) Her toes.
(d) Her face.

2. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) The sun.
(b) A candle.
(c) A wood stove.
(d) A fireplace.

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

4. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.
(b) Anger, misery, and poverty.
(c) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(d) Cold, hunger, and fear.

5. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?

2. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?

3. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?

4. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?

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

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