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

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

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

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

5. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) Covered in frostbite.
(b) Purple and blistered.
(c) Toasty warm.
(d) Red and blue with cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?

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

3. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?

4. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?

5. What two words are used to describe what the second match did after the little girl lit it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the little girl trying to do as she walks the cold streets at night?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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