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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 little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?
(a) Two restaurants.
(b) Two houses.
(c) Two cafes.
(d) Two bakeries.

2. How is the first match described after it burns out?
(a) A small comfort.
(b) A mere dream.
(c) A little stub.
(d) A tiny token.

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

4. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?
(a) Inconsolable.
(b) Discouraged.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Optimistic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

3. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?

4. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

5. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?

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