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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 see after she lights the second candle?
(a) Her parents at home.
(b) A room with a table.
(c) God.
(d) Her grandmother.

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

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

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

5. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?
(a) Two restaurants.
(b) Two bakeries.
(c) Two cafes.
(d) Two houses.

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

7. 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) She will freeze.
(d) Her Granny will disappear.

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

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

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

11. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?
(a) Resting her head to nap.
(b) Gathering her things to go home.
(c) Stretching her feet to warm them.
(d) Singing a Christmas song.

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

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

14. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?
(a) Her father.
(b) A little boy.
(c) Her mother.
(d) A grocer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?

2. What is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?

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

4. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?

5. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?

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