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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 coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
(a) A nickel.
(b) A dime.
(c) A penny.
(d) A half-cent.

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

3. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) The sun.
(b) A wood stove.
(c) A fireplace.
(d) A candle.

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

5. Where is the little girl found sitting in the morning at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) In the corner by the house.
(b) Outside her father's home.
(c) Near a church.
(d) Outside the grocer's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?

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

3. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?

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

5. What is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do passers-by react when they see the little girl?

2. How is the first match the girl lit described?

3. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?

4. Why does the girl light her remaining matches toward the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

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

8. What does the early description of the little girl tell you about her and how?

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

10. What happens just as the little girl stretches her feet to warm them before the warmth of the iron stove?

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