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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 girl do after her second match goes out?
(a) She lights a third one.
(b) She asks someone to help her.
(c) She throws her matches away.
(d) She sells a match to someone.

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

3. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?
(a) Steel.
(b) Copper.
(c) Tin.
(d) Brass.

4. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?
(a) The wealthy grocer.
(b) The local baker.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) The priest's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

2. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

3. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

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

5. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?

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