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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. In addition to being "frozen and hungry" (59), how is the girl described as feeling?

2. What did the main character have on her feet when she first left her house?

3. What adjectives are used to describe the first match the little girl lit?

4. What does the person who took the little girl's slipper want it for?

5. What does the girl say is happening after a star falls and makes "a long fiery trail across the sky" (61)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say when describing the way the little girl's hair falls around her neck?

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

3. Why did the girl dare not go home despite the cold?

4. How does the little girl lose her mother's slippers?

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

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

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

8. How is the little girl's home described?

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

10. How do passers-by react when they see the little girl?

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 an essay examine the theme of hope in "The Little Match Girl." What are some examples of hope in the story? How do these examples develop the theme?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the symbolic significance of the matches in "The Little Match Girl." What do they represent? Use examples from the text to support your viewpoint.

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