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

2. What is the little girl sure will happen once her fourth match burns out?
(a) Her Granny will disappear.
(b) She will freeze.
(c) Someone will finally buy a match.
(d) Her father will come for her.

3. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?
(a) The goose stands up and sings.
(b) The beef waves to her from the table.
(c) The goose jumps off the table and waddles toward her.
(d) The turkey dances on the table.

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

5. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?
(a) Fired and soared.
(b) Lit and warmed.
(c) Heated and hugged.
(d) Burned and blazed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the girl described as feeling after trying to warm herself by tucking her legs beneath her?

2. What does the little girl do before her fourth match burns out?

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

4. What happens after the second match burns out?

5. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens just as the little girl stretches her feet to warm them before the warmth of the iron stove?

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

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

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