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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) Frozen stiff.
(b) Dead with cold.
(c) Red with cold.
(d) Like icicles.

2. What food does the girl see in her vision after lighting the second match?
(a) Roast goose stuffed with prunes and apples.
(b) Roast goose with bread stuffing.
(c) Roast beef with caramelized onions.
(d) Roast duck with orange glaze.

3. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?
(a) She was trying to keep warm.
(b) Poor little creature.
(c) What a waste.
(d) She should have gone home.

4. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Flat.
(b) Solid.
(c) Pitched.
(d) Bare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the first match described after it burns out?

2. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?

3. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

4. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?

5. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?

(see the answer key)

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