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

2. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?
(a) Burned and blazed.
(b) Heated and hugged.
(c) Fired and soared.
(d) Lit and warmed.

3. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Outside her father's home.
(b) Outside the grocer's house.
(c) Near a church.
(d) In the corner by the house.

4. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Covered in frostbite.
(b) Red and blue with cold.
(c) Toasty warm.
(d) Purple and blistered.

5. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
(a) Deliciously.
(b) Lovingly.
(c) Calmly.
(d) Extravagantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?

2. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?

3. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

4. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?

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

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