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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 dime.
(b) A half-cent.
(c) A nickel.
(d) A penny.

2. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
(a) Red with cold.
(b) Like icicles.
(c) Dead with cold.
(d) Frozen stiff.

3. What part of her body does the girl try to warm first after she lights the first match?
(a) Her face.
(b) Her fingers.
(c) Her toes.
(d) Her ankles.

4. 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 dressed like a boy.
(d) She is well dressed and warm.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told the little girl that when a star falls a "soul goes up to God" (61)?

2. What type of metal knobs and facings does the girl see in her first vision after the first match is lit?

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

4. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

5. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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