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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Easter.
(d) Independence Day.

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

4. What does Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?
(a) Admonishes her for being wasteful.
(b) Carries her back to her father.
(c) Hugs her and sobs.
(d) Lifts her in her arms.

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

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

7. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her fingers.
(c) Her ankles.
(d) Her toes.

8. How does the girl look when she is found at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.
(b) Blue-lipped and hunched over.
(c) Weak and limp.
(d) Rosy cheeks and a smile on her lips.

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

10. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?
(a) Someone is dying.
(b) It's time to go home.
(c) Thank you, God.
(d) That was beautiful.

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

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

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

14. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?
(a) The wealthy grocer.
(b) Their whole family.
(c) Her father.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?

3. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?

4. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

5. What happens after the second match burns out?

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