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

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

3. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A young father.
(b) A poor little girl.
(c) An old grandmother.
(d) A poor little boy.

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

5. What happens after the second match burns out?
(a) The dinner scene disappears.
(b) Someone buys a match from the little girl.
(c) The girl falls asleep.
(d) The girl cries for help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?

2. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

4. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?

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

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