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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 second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?
(a) Turned it into a movie screen.
(b) Turned it black with soot.
(c) Made it transparent as gauze.
(d) Made it hot like a stove.

2. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?

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

3. What disappears as the first candle burns out?

4. Who is the author of "The Little Match Girl"?

5. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is the little girl found on New Year's morning and how is she described?

3. What is the little girl doing just as her second match burns out?

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

5. What does the girl's Granny do with her after she lights the remaining matches?

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

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

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

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

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

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