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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?
(a) That was beautiful.
(b) Someone is dying.
(c) It's time to go home.
(d) Thank you, God.

7. 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) Outside her father's home.
(c) Outside the grocer's house.
(d) Near a church.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. In what state is the girl found at the end of the story?
(a) Weak and hungry.
(b) Frozen to death.
(c) Sad and unable to speak.
(d) Nearly dead but still breathing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens after the second match burns out?

3. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

5. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?

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