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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the little girl do just before the third match goes out?
(a) She lights another match with the dying third match.
(b) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She passes away.

2. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Deliciously.
(c) Extravagantly.
(d) Lovingly.

3. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?
(a) Two cafes.
(b) Two restaurants.
(c) Two houses.
(d) Two bakeries.

4. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She lights another one.
(c) She shivers uncontrollably.
(d) She heads home.

5. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?
(a) Delicate and blue.
(b) Soft and cream-colored.
(c) Shining and white.
(d) Blazing and red.

6. What is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?
(a) Her father will come for her.
(b) Her Granny will disappear.
(c) Someone will finally buy a match.
(d) She will freeze.

7. What does Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?
(a) Carries her back to her father.
(b) Admonishes her for being wasteful.
(c) Lifts her in her arms.
(d) Hugs her and sobs.

8. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?
(a) Her sister's shoes.
(b) Her father's slippers.
(c) Her brother's shoes.
(d) Her mother's slippers.

9. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Lewis Carroll.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Jacob Grimm.
(d) Hans Christian Andersen.

10. How is the girl's clothing described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) She is bareheaded and barefoot.
(b) She is dressed like a boy.
(c) She is well dressed and warm.
(d) She is wearing a holiday dress.

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

12. Despite the cold, where does the girl refuse to go?
(a) Church.
(b) Her friend's house.
(c) Her Granny's.
(d) Home.

13. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
(a) She tells her Granny she loves her.
(b) She strikes all the matches at once.
(c) She desperately tries to warm her whole body with it.
(d) She gathers her things to go home.

14. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) Christmas Eve.

15. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?
(a) Discouraged.
(b) Inconsolable.
(c) Optimistic.
(d) Lonely.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?

3. How are the final matches the girl lights described as burning?

4. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?

5. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

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