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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. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
2. How is the first match described after it burns out?
3. How are the little girl's hands described just before she considers lighting a match?
4. What "miraculous" thing happens after the girls lights the second match?
5. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the scene surrounding the little girl described at the start of the story?
2. What does the girl say to her Granny after lighting her third match?
3. How is the night described at the start of "The Little Match Girl"?
4. What vision does the girl see upon lighting her third match?
5. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?
6. What does the girl say at the sight of a fallen start as her second candle burns out and why?
7. Describe the vision the little girl has upon lighting her first match.
8. What happens just as the little girl stretches her feet to warm them before the warmth of the iron stove?
9. Why does the girl light her remaining matches toward the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
10. After lighting the second match, whose Christmas tree is compared to the one she sees?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write a brief essay analyzing the title “The Little Match Girl.” Explore the ways in which this title connects to the themes of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay describing the imagery used in “The Little Match Girl.” Indicate examples of imagery in the text and identify possible meanings.
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