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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?
(a) Her brother's shoes.
(b) Her father's slippers.
(c) Her mother's slippers.
(d) Her sister's shoes.

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

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

4. How is the girl's clothing described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) She is wearing a holiday dress.
(b) She is well dressed and warm.
(c) She is bareheaded and barefoot.
(d) She is dressed like a boy.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Large and celestial.
(b) Big and compassionate.
(c) Enormous and wild.
(d) Large and beautiful.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?

2. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?

3. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?

4. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?

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

(see the answer keys)

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