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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. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?
(a) Shining and white.
(b) Delicate and blue.
(c) Soft and cream-colored.
(d) Blazing and red.

2. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Large and celestial.
(b) Enormous and wild.
(c) Big and compassionate.
(d) Large and beautiful.

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

4. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?
(a) Turned it into a movie screen.
(b) Made it transparent as gauze.
(c) Made it hot like a stove.
(d) Turned it black with soot.

5. What is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?
(a) A Christmas tree.
(b) A table.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many candles does the story say burned on the green branches of the Christmas tree the little girl sees after lighting her third candle?

2. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

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

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

5. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?

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