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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 coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
(a) A half-cent.
(b) A dime.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A penny.

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

3. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?
(a) Turned it into a movie screen.
(b) Turned it black with soot.
(c) Made it transparent as gauze.
(d) Made it hot like a stove.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?

2. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?

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

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

5. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?

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