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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 simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) A wood stove.
(b) The sun.
(c) A candle.
(d) A fireplace.

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

3. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?
(a) The door was open.
(b) She was invited inside.
(c) Through their windows.
(d) They had a glass door.

4. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?
(a) Beef stew.
(b) Roast Turkey.
(c) Ham.
(d) Roast Goose.

5. 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) 1 million.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 10,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

3. What does the little girl do just before the third match goes out?

4. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?

5. On what day is it said the little girl died?

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