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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?
(a) Beef stew.
(b) Ham.
(c) Roast Turkey.
(d) Roast Goose.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?
(a) Sleepy.
(b) Warmer.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Even colder.

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

10. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Lewis Carroll.
(b) Jacob Grimm.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Hans Christian Andersen.

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

12. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?
(a) Turned it black with soot.
(b) Made it transparent as gauze.
(c) Made it hot like a stove.
(d) Turned it into a movie screen.

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

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

15. 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 her father's home.
(d) Outside the grocer's house.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?

4. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?

5. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?

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