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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. How is the girl's clothing described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) She is bareheaded and barefoot.
(b) She is wearing a holiday dress.
(c) She is well dressed and warm.
(d) She is dressed like a boy.

2. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?
(a) To sell for money.
(b) A drinking cup.
(c) A baby cradle.
(d) A purse.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The story ends saying that the passers-by do not know about what?

2. How are the final matches the girl lights described as burning?

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

4. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?

5. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the little girl see after lighting her second match?

6. Where and how does the little girl sit at the start of the story in an attempt to keep warm?

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

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

9. What does the second match the girl lights turn the wall before her into?

10. What simile is use to describe the first match the candle lit?

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