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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?
(a) Burned and blazed.
(b) Lit and warmed.
(c) Fired and soared.
(d) Heated and hugged.

4. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?
(a) Bold and beautiful.
(b) Ethereal.
(c) Calm and stunning.
(d) Gentle and lovely.

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

6. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A bundle of matches.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A set of candles.
(d) A stash of coins.

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

8. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?
(a) Wind.
(b) Dust.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

9. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?
(a) The plight of a poor child.
(b) The glory the girl had seen.
(c) The abusive nature of her father.
(d) The pain the girl endured.

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

11. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Big and compassionate.
(b) Large and celestial.
(c) Large and beautiful.
(d) Enormous and wild.

12. What adjectives are used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) Warm and blue.
(b) Clear and soothing.
(c) Clear and warm.
(d) Hot and fiery.

13. 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 glow brighter than daylight.
(d) Makes it look hopeful.

14. 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) 1,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 100.
(d) 10,000.

15. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
(a) Like icicles.
(b) Frozen stiff.
(c) Red with cold.
(d) Dead with cold.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?

3. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

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

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

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