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

2. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?
(a) Her grandmother was the only person she knew who cooked roast goose.
(b) Her grandmother was the only person who had ever been kind to her.
(c) Her grandmother was wealthy.
(d) Her grandmother did not like Christmas.

3. Despite the cold, where does the girl refuse to go?
(a) Church.
(b) Her friend's house.
(c) Her Granny's.
(d) Home.

4. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?
(a) The plight of a poor child.
(b) The pain the girl endured.
(c) The glory the girl had seen.
(d) The abusive nature of her father.

5. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) The first day of the new year.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) The night before Christmas.
(d) The last day of the old year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

2. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?

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

4. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?

5. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?

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