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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the little girl doing just before the first candle burns out?
(a) Gathering her things to go home.
(b) Singing a Christmas song.
(c) Stretching her feet to warm them.
(d) Resting her head to nap.

4. On what day is it said the little girl died?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) The night before Christmas.
(c) The last day of the old year.
(d) The first day of the new year.

5. 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 passes away.
(c) She falls asleep.
(d) She stretches her hands toward the candle-lit Christmas tree.

6. 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) God.
(d) Her father.

7. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?
(a) Makes it look hopeful.
(b) Heats it up.
(c) Reveals its evil.
(d) Makes it glow brighter than daylight.

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

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

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

11. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?
(a) Her grandmother did not like Christmas.
(b) Her grandmother was wealthy.
(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.

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

13. 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 father.
(d) Her grandmother.

14. What surface does the little girl use to light the first match?
(a) The wall.
(b) A nearby stone.
(c) The bottom of her shoe.
(d) The ground.

15. What holiday dinner scene does the girl see after lighting the second candle?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

4. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

5. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?

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