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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 grandmother.
(b) Her parents at home.
(c) God.
(d) A room with a table.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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) Singing a Christmas song.
(d) Stretching her feet to warm them.

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

9. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) A candle.
(b) A fireplace.
(c) A wood stove.
(d) The sun.

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

11. What does the little girl do just before the third match goes out?
(a) She passes away.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She lights another match with the dying third match.
(d) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?

4. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?

5. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?

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