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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many candles does the story say burned on the green branches of the Christmas tree the little girl sees after lighting her third candle?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1 million.
(c) 100.
(d) 10,000.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the little girl do immediately after her first match burns out?

3. What does the girl see after she lights the second candle?

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

5. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the vision the little girl has upon lighting her first match.

2. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

3. After lighting the second match, whose Christmas tree is compared to the one she sees?

4. How is the little girl's home described?

5. What vision does the girl see upon lighting her third match?

6. What does the girl see after the first match burns out?

7. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

8. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?

9. What was the grandmother like to the little girl when she was alive?

10. How is the little girl described at the beginning of "The Little Match Girl"?

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