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

2. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?
(a) A drinking cup.
(b) To sell for money.
(c) A purse.
(d) A baby cradle.

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

4. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
(a) She strikes all the matches at once.
(b) She desperately tries to warm her whole body with it.
(c) She tells her Granny she loves her.
(d) She gathers her things to go home.

5. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Covered in frostbite.
(b) Toasty warm.
(c) Purple and blistered.
(d) Red and blue with cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?

2. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?

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

4. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

5. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?

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