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

2. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
(a) God's heaven.
(b) Peace and serenity.
(c) Radiance and happiness.
(d) Calm and ease.

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

4. 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) 100.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1 million.

5. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?
(a) A little boy.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) A grocer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?

3. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?

4. What adjectives are used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

5. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?

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