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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 was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?
(a) They had a glass door.
(b) She was invited inside.
(c) Through their windows.
(d) The door was open.

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

3. What does the second candle to do the part of the wall it lit up?
(a) Made it hot like a stove.
(b) Turned it into a movie screen.
(c) Made it transparent as gauze.
(d) Turned it black with soot.

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 food does the little girl smell throughout the street?
(a) Roast Turkey.
(b) Ham.
(c) Beef stew.
(d) Roast Goose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does the girl see in her vision after lighting the second match?

2. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?

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

4. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

5. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How is the first match the girl lit described?

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

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

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