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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 see after she lights the second candle?
(a) God.
(b) A room with a table.
(c) Her parents at home.
(d) Her grandmother.

2. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Hans Christian Andersen.
(b) Jacob Grimm.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Lewis Carroll.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?

2. In what state is the girl found at the end of the story?

3. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?

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

5. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

(see the answer key)

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