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

2. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?
(a) Blazing and red.
(b) Delicate and blue.
(c) Shining and white.
(d) Soft and cream-colored.

3. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?
(a) Her mother's slippers.
(b) Her sister's shoes.
(c) Her father's slippers.
(d) Her brother's shoes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why will the girl get a beating if she goes home?

3. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?

4. How many candles does the story say burned on the green branches of the Christmas tree the little girl sees after lighting her third candle?

5. How many matches has the little girl sold at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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