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

2. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
(a) She gathers her things to go home.
(b) She desperately tries to warm her whole body with it.
(c) She strikes all the matches at once.
(d) She tells her Granny she loves her.

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

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

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

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

7. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?
(a) Tin.
(b) Steel.
(c) Brass.
(d) Copper.

8. How is the first match described after it burns out?
(a) A small comfort.
(b) A tiny token.
(c) A mere dream.
(d) A little stub.

9. What is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?
(a) Her Granny will disappear.
(b) Someone will finally buy a match.
(c) She will freeze.
(d) Her father will come for her.

10. 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 sister's shoes.
(d) Her mother's slippers.

11. What character walks the streets alone at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) An old grandmother.
(b) A poor little boy.
(c) A young father.
(d) A poor little girl.

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

13. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Hans Christian Andersen.
(b) Jacob Grimm.
(c) Lewis Carroll.
(d) Charles Dickens.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?

3. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

5. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

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