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

2. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?
(a) Singing a Christmas song.
(b) Resting her head to nap.
(c) Stretching her feet to warm them.
(d) Gathering her things to go home.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl do after her second match goes out?

3. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?

4. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?

5. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?

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