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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 ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
(a) She asks her to take her home.
(b) She asks her to help her sell the matches.
(c) She asks her to keep her warm.
(d) She asks her to take her with her.

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

3. 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.

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

5. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?
(a) The goose stands up and sings.
(b) The turkey dances on the table.
(c) The beef waves to her from the table.
(d) The goose jumps off the table and waddles toward her.

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

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

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

9. 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) 10,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 1 million.

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

11. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

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

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

15. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
(a) A half-cent.
(b) A penny.
(c) A dime.
(d) A nickel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?

2. What surface does the little girl use to light the first match?

3. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?

4. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?

5. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?

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