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

2. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
(a) A penny.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A half-cent.
(d) A dime.

3. 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.

4. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?
(a) That was beautiful.
(b) Someone is dying.
(c) It's time to go home.
(d) Thank you, God.

5. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) The first day of the new year.
(c) The night before Christmas.
(d) The last day of the old year.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?

3. How is the first match described after it burns out?

4. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?

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

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