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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 what state is the girl found at the end of the story?
(a) Nearly dead but still breathing.
(b) Weak and hungry.
(c) Sad and unable to speak.
(d) Frozen to death.

2. Who takes the one remaining slipper from the little girl after the other was lost?
(a) Her mother.
(b) A grocer.
(c) A little boy.
(d) Her father.

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

4. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
(a) The sun.
(b) A wood stove.
(c) A candle.
(d) A fireplace.

5. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
(a) A penny.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A dime.
(d) A half-cent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?

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

4. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After lighting the second match, whose Christmas tree is compared to the one she sees?

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

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

4. What does the early description of the little girl tell you about her and how?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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