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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. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?
(a) Ethereal.
(b) Gentle and lovely.
(c) Bold and beautiful.
(d) Calm and stunning.

2. On what day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Independence Day.
(d) New Year's Eve.

3. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Big and compassionate.
(b) Large and beautiful.
(c) Large and celestial.
(d) Enormous and wild.

4. How does the girl look when she is found at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Rosy cheeks and a smile on her lips.
(b) Blistered cheeks and a solemn expression.
(c) Weak and limp.
(d) Blue-lipped and hunched over.

5. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?
(a) Her grandmother was wealthy.
(b) Her grandmother was the only person she knew who cooked roast goose.
(c) Her grandmother did not like Christmas.
(d) Her grandmother was the only person who had ever been kind to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite the cold, where does the girl refuse to go?

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

3. What does Granny do to the little girl after the girl lights all the matches?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is the little girl described at the beginning of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does the girl light her remaining matches toward the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

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