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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 is the girl sitting under after lighting her third match?
2. What coin does the narrator say the girl had not received for her matches?
3. What adverb is used to describe how the first candle burned?
4. What is it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
5. What simile is used to describe the first match the little girl lit?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do passers-by react when they see the little girl?
2. What does the girl say at the sight of a fallen start as her second candle burns out and why?
3. What is the little girl trying to do as she walks the cold streets at night?
4. Describe what happens to the Christmas candles in the vision the little girl has after lighting her second match.
5. What does the second match the girl lights turn the wall before her into?
6. Where and how does the little girl sit at the start of the story in an attempt to keep warm?
7. What was the grandmother like to the little girl when she was alive?
8. What does the girl see after the first match burns out?
9. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?
10. What image does the girl see before her after lighting the first match?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay indicating what details of the story tell the reader about the little girl's life. Use direct examples from the text and explain what they tell the reader about her life.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance New Year's Eve has on the story. Why is this day important and how does it develop the themes of the story? What would be different if the story took place on any other day of the year? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
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