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

2. What did her family stuff into the holes of the roof of their house?
(a) Mud.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Straw and rags.
(d) Paper.

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

4. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
(a) She asks her to take her home.
(b) She asks her to take her with her.
(c) She asks her to help her sell the matches.
(d) She asks her to keep her warm.

5. Who is it said the little girl and her Granny are with at the end of the story?
(a) God.
(b) Her father.
(c) The wealthy grocer.
(d) Their whole family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the little girl able to see the Christmas tree inside someone's house the year before?

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

3. How is Granny described as looking at the end of "The Little Match Girl"?

4. In what state is the girl found at the end of the story?

5. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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