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

2. What do the people say who see the little girl at the end of the story?
(a) What a waste.
(b) Poor little creature.
(c) She was trying to keep warm.
(d) She should have gone home.

3. What does the little girl do after her third match goes out?
(a) She strikes another match against the wall.
(b) She goes home.
(c) She sobs.
(d) She begs for help.

4. What disappears as the first candle burns out?
(a) The stove.
(b) The match bundle.
(c) The girl's purse.
(d) The Christmas Tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the grandmother described when the little girl sees her after lighting another match?

2. What does the girl do after her second match goes out?

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

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

5. What is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What image does the girl see before her after lighting the first match?

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

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

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

6. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?

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

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

9. What does the girl's Granny do with her after she lights the remaining matches?

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

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