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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 it said the girl and her Granny fly up in?
2. What does the girl ask of her Granny while her match is still lit?
3. What does the girl imagine she is in front of after she lights the first match?
4. How is the first match described after it burns out?
5. What falls on the little girl's "long fair hair" while she is outside?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the early description of the little girl tell you about her and how?
2. Why does the girl light her remaining matches toward the end of "The Little Match Girl"?
3. What is the little girl trying to do as she walks the cold streets at night?
4. After lighting the second match, whose Christmas tree is compared to the one she sees?
5. What was the grandmother like to the little girl when she was alive?
6. What image does the girl see before her after lighting the first match?
7. What is the little girl doing just as her second match burns out?
8. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?
9. How is the little girl's home described?
10. How is the scene surrounding the little girl described at the start of the story?
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 the character of the little girl in "The Little Match Girl." What details help develop her character and what do these details tell you about her?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay examine the roast goose as a symbol in "The Little Match Girl." In what scenes does the roast goose appear? What is the context? How does the goose develop the narrative?
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