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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 is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Large and celestial.
(b) Large and beautiful.
(c) Big and compassionate.
(d) Enormous and wild.

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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) It's time to go home.
(c) Thank you, God.
(d) Someone is dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

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

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

5. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?

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