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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 is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Anger, misery, and poverty.
(b) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(c) Cold, hunger, and fear.
(d) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.

2. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A set of candles.
(b) A bundle of matches.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A stash of coins.

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

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

5. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
(a) God's heaven.
(b) Radiance and happiness.
(c) Calm and ease.
(d) Peace and serenity.

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

4. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?

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

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