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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 imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?
(a) A Christmas tree.
(b) An iron stove.
(c) A fireplace.
(d) The lord.

2. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) The first day of the new year.
(b) The night before Christmas.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) The last day of the old year.

3. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) New Year's.

4. What surface does the little girl use to light the first match?
(a) The bottom of her shoe.
(b) The ground.
(c) The wall.
(d) A nearby stone.

5. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?
(a) Reveals its evil.
(b) Heats it up.
(c) Makes it look hopeful.
(d) Makes it glow brighter than daylight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?

3. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?

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

5. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?

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