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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl do after her second match goes out?
(a) She throws her matches away.
(b) She lights a third one.
(c) She asks someone to help her.
(d) She sells a match to someone.

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

3. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?
(a) She should have gone home.
(b) She was trying to keep warm.
(c) What a waste.
(d) Poor little creature.

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) 10,000.
(c) 1 million.
(d) 1,000.

5. What is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?
(a) A bridge.
(b) A table.
(c) A Christmas tree.
(d) A blanket.

6. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?
(a) Her grandmother was the only person who had ever been kind to her.
(b) Her grandmother was wealthy.
(c) Her grandmother was the only person she knew who cooked roast goose.
(d) Her grandmother did not like Christmas.

7. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?
(a) The priest's.
(b) The wealthy grocer.
(c) The local baker.
(d) Her best friend.

8. 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 passes away.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.

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

10. How does the girl look when she is found at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.
(b) Weak and limp.
(c) Rosy cheeks and a smile on her lips.
(d) Blue-lipped and hunched over.

11. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?
(a) Her fingers.
(b) Her toes.
(c) Her ankles.
(d) Her face.

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

13. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?
(a) Paper.
(b) Mud.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Straw and rags.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?

2. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?

3. What does Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?

4. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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