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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 are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
(a) Dead with cold.
(b) Like icicles.
(c) Red with cold.
(d) Frozen stiff.

2. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
(a) She goes home.
(b) She sobs.
(c) She begs for help.
(d) She strikes another match against the wall.

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

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

5. 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) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.
(d) Weak and limp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

2. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?

3. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?

4. On what day is it said the little girl died?

5. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?

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