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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who will beat the girl if she goes home?
2. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
3. How does the narrator describe the tablecloth the girl sees after lighting the second match?
4. How are the little girl's feet described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
5. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What day of the year does "The Little Match Girl" begin?
2. How is the first match the girl lit described?
3. What does the little girl see after lighting her second match?
4. What does the girl say to her Granny after lighting her third match?
5. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?
6. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?
7. What happens just as the little girl stretches her feet to warm them before the warmth of the iron stove?
8. What is the little girl doing just as her second match burns out?
9. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
10. What simile is use to describe the first match the candle lit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Hans Christian Andersen's “The Little Match Girl.” Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the short story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the author's choice to write "The Little Match Girl" in past tense. Do you agree with this choice? How would the story be different if written in a different tense?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examining the ending of “The Little Match Girl.” How did the ending affect you emotionally? Do you think the ending was effective? What might the author have done differently?
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