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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 adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Deliciously.
(c) Lovingly.
(d) Extravagantly.

2. What is no longer there when the girl flies off with her Granny?
(a) Cold, hunger, and fear.
(b) Anger, misery, and poverty.
(c) Poverty, hunger, and abuse.
(d) Roast goose, Christmas trees, and candles.

3. What does the little girl carry in her apron at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) A stash of coins.
(b) A set of candles.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A bundle of matches.

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

5. What food does the girl see in her vision after lighting the second match?
(a) Roast duck with orange glaze.
(b) Roast beef with caramelized onions.
(c) Roast goose stuffed with prunes and apples.
(d) Roast goose with bread stuffing.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the third match goes out, what do the Christmas candles turn into?

2. What happens after the second match burns out?

3. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

4. Despite trying to fill the holes in the roof, what still came in the house?

5. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe what happens to the Christmas candles in the vision the little girl has after lighting her second match.

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