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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 is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Cold, hunger, and fear.
(b) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(c) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.
(d) Anger, misery, and poverty.

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

3. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
(a) She begs for help.
(b) She strikes another match against the wall.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She goes home.

4. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Deliciously.
(c) Extravagantly.
(d) Lovingly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?

2. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

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

4. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?

5. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?

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