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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 does the girl do after her second match goes out?
(a) She throws her matches away.
(b) She asks someone to help her.
(c) She lights a third one.
(d) She sells a match to someone.

2. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?
(a) Two houses.
(b) Two cafes.
(c) Two bakeries.
(d) Two restaurants.

3. What does the little girl do just before the third match goes out?
(a) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.
(b) She passes away.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She lights another match with the dying third match.

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

5. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) A little boy.
(d) A grocer.

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 is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?

3. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?

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

5. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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