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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?
(a) Falling leaves.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Raindrops.
(d) Snowflakes.

2. What food does the girl see in her vision after lighting the second match?
(a) Roast duck with orange glaze.
(b) Roast goose with bread stuffing.
(c) Roast goose stuffed with prunes and apples.
(d) Roast beef with caramelized onions.

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

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

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

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. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Pitched.
(b) Solid.
(c) Flat.
(d) Bare.

8. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?
(a) An iron stove.
(b) A Christmas tree.
(c) The lord.
(d) A fireplace.

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

10. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?
(a) Her grandmother did not like Christmas.
(b) Her grandmother was the only person who had ever been kind to her.
(c) Her grandmother was wealthy.
(d) Her grandmother was the only person she knew who cooked roast goose.

11. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?
(a) She stole matches.
(b) She has not sold any matches.
(c) She ran away.
(d) She lit a match.

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

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

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

15. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?
(a) Fireworks.
(b) Colorful pictures.
(c) Brilliant stars.
(d) Dazzling dancers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?

2. In whose house did the little girl see a beautifully decorated Christmas tree the year before?

3. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?

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

5. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?

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