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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. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?
(a) She ran away.
(b) She lit a match.
(c) She has not sold any matches.
(d) She stole matches.

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

3. How many candles does the story say burned on the green branches of the Christmas tree the little girl sees after lighting her third candle?
(a) 100.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?

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

3. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?

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

5. How many matches has the little girl sold at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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