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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 Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?
(a) Carries her back to her father.
(b) Hugs her and sobs.
(c) Admonishes her for being wasteful.
(d) Lifts her in her arms.

2. What does the girl do after her second match goes out?
(a) She throws her matches away.
(b) She lights a third one.
(c) She asks someone to help her.
(d) She sells a match to someone.

3. What does the little girl huddle between when trying to keep warm?
(a) Two bakeries.
(b) Two houses.
(c) Two restaurants.
(d) Two cafes.

4. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?
(a) Rain.
(b) Dust.
(c) Snow.
(d) Wind.

5. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
(a) She asks her to keep her warm.
(b) She asks her to take her with her.
(c) She asks her to help her sell the matches.
(d) She asks her to take her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day is it said the little girl died?

2. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?

3. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

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

5. How is the first match described after it burns out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the little girl lose her mother's slippers?

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

3. What does the girl say to her Granny after lighting her third match?

4. What image does the girl see before her after lighting the first match?

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

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

7. How is the scene surrounding the little girl described at the start of the story?

8. What does the girl say at the sight of a fallen start as her second candle burns out and why?

9. What is the little girl trying to do as she walks the cold streets at night?

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

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