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

2. 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) Thank you, God.
(c) It's time to go home.
(d) That was beautiful.

3. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?
(a) Calm and stunning.
(b) Ethereal.
(c) Bold and beautiful.
(d) Gentle and lovely.

4. 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 passes away.
(d) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.

5. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?
(a) Through their windows.
(b) They had a glass door.
(c) She was invited inside.
(d) The door was open.

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

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

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

9. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?
(a) She falls asleep.
(b) She shivers uncontrollably.
(c) She heads home.
(d) She lights another one.

10. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?
(a) What a waste.
(b) Poor little creature.
(c) She should have gone home.
(d) She was trying to keep warm.

11. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
(a) Red with cold.
(b) Frozen stiff.
(c) Like icicles.
(d) Dead with cold.

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

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

14. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?
(a) Lit and warmed.
(b) Heated and hugged.
(c) Burned and blazed.
(d) Fired and soared.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the little girl smell throughout the street?

2. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

3. What food does the girl see in her vision after lighting the second match?

4. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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