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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?
(a) Paper.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Straw and rags.
(d) Mud.

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

4. What disappears as the first candle burns out?
(a) The stove.
(b) The girl's purse.
(c) The match bundle.
(d) The Christmas Tree.

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

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

7. How are the final matches the girl lights described as burning?
(a) With brilliance.
(b) Beautifully.
(c) With compassion.
(d) Quickly.

8. What happens after the second match burns out?
(a) The girl cries for help.
(b) The girl falls asleep.
(c) Someone buys a match from the little girl.
(d) The dinner scene disappears.

9. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(b) Cold, hunger, and fear.
(c) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.
(d) Anger, misery, and poverty.

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

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

12. How many matches has the little girl sold at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) 23.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?

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

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

4. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?

5. What does the girl see after she lights the second candle?

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