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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 little girl do before her fourth match burns out?
(a) She gathers her things to go home.
(b) She tells her Granny she loves her.
(c) She desperately tries to warm her whole body with it.
(d) She strikes all the matches at once.

2. 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 take her home.
(c) She asks her to take her with her.
(d) She asks her to keep her warm.

3. 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?
(a) 1 million.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 100.

4. What disappears as the first candle burns out?
(a) The girl's purse.
(b) The stove.
(c) The Christmas Tree.
(d) The match bundle.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the roof of the girl's house described in "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

5. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What vision does the girl see upon lighting her third match?

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

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

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

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

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