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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 falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?
(a) Raindrops.
(b) Falling leaves.
(c) Snowflakes.
(d) Pine needles.

2. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?
(a) Colorful pictures.
(b) Fireworks.
(c) Dazzling dancers.
(d) Brilliant stars.

3. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?
(a) Copper.
(b) Tin.
(c) Steel.
(d) Brass.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Despite the cold, where does the girl refuse to go?

3. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?

4. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?

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

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