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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 ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
(a) She asks her to keep her warm.
(b) She asks her to help her sell the matches.
(c) She asks her to take her home.
(d) She asks her to take her with her.

2. 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.

3. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Large and beautiful.
(b) Enormous and wild.
(c) Large and celestial.
(d) Big and compassionate.

4. What disappears as the first candle burns out?
(a) The girl's purse.
(b) The Christmas Tree.
(c) The match bundle.
(d) The stove.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?

4. What is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?

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

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