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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
(a) She strikes another match against the wall.
(b) She goes home.
(c) She begs for help.
(d) She sobs.

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

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

6. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Purple and blistered.
(b) Covered in frostbite.
(c) Red and blue with cold.
(d) Toasty warm.

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

8. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

10. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?
(a) Dazzling dancers.
(b) Brilliant stars.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) Colorful pictures.

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

12. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Outside her father's home.
(b) Near a church.
(c) In the corner by the house.
(d) Outside the grocer's house.

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

14. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?
(a) A purse.
(b) A baby cradle.
(c) A drinking cup.
(d) To sell for money.

15. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A poor little girl.
(b) An old grandmother.
(c) A young father.
(d) A poor little boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?

2. How is the first match described after it burns out?

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

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

5. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?

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