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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 girl's clothing described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
(a) She is bareheaded and barefoot.
(b) She is wearing a holiday dress.
(c) She is well dressed and warm.
(d) She is dressed like a boy.

2. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?
(a) A fireplace.
(b) An iron stove.
(c) The lord.
(d) A Christmas tree.

3. How are the final matches the girl lights described as burning?
(a) With compassion.
(b) Beautifully.
(c) With brilliance.
(d) Quickly.

4. What do the final set of matches the girl lights do to the outside world?
(a) Makes it glow brighter than daylight.
(b) Reveals its evil.
(c) Heats it up.
(d) Makes it look hopeful.

5. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
(a) Radiance and happiness.
(b) Peace and serenity.
(c) God's heaven.
(d) Calm and ease.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was unique about the little girl's grandmother compared to other people she knew?

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

4. How is the first match described after it burns out?

5. What does the girl see after she lights the second candle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?

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

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