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- 1. Multiple Choice
After reading the line below, where did this story take place?
"Most terribly cold it was; quite dark, and evening-the last evening of the year."
On a cold New Years eve night.In a small town at night.On a cold new years day.During a warm summers day. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the young girl sell matches?To save up money to buy new slippers.To earn money to help support her poor family.To earn enough money to buy a christmas tree.To buy a roast goose.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the visions represent to the little match girl each time she lite a match?Each match represented the cold weather.The matches represented the fear she had going home without any money for her family.Each match is a vision of her hopes and dreams.Each match represents her family members,
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the falling star represent?The upcoming snow storm.Her soul going to heaven.The lights on the tall Christmas tree she envisioned.It is close to sunrise.
- 5. Multiple Choice
"She had not sold any matches and could not bring a farthing of money home." What does farthing mean in this sentence?
The least possible amount of money.
A large sum of money.
A fake amount of money.
About 20 dollars
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow do you know the little girl is poor?She saw a delicious roast goose in a window through the candle light.At home it was cold too, above her the roof, through which the wind whistled, the largest cracks were stopped up with straw and rags.Her little hands were numbed with cold.She carried a quantity of matches in an old apron.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho was the one person who loved her but was now no more?Her sisterHer motherHer GrandmotherHer dog
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does it mean, "with her grandmother she had entered on the joys of a new year"?It was morning and the little girl was no longer cold,The little girl died and entered heaven with her grandmother.Her grandmother found her and took her home.The little girl feel asleep and someone gave her a blanket to stay warm.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the central idea of, "The Little Match Girl"?Wishing on a falling star made the little girls dreams come true.The little poor girl never gave up hope.Having food and warmth is what saved the little girl.Poor children don't have the same luxuries as rich children.
- 10. Multiple Choice
1. What was the little girl selling?
flowers
mittens
matches
flashlights
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did the little girl strike one of her matches?
She was lost and couldn't find her way home
She was trying to light a fire
She couldn't see inside the house
She was cold
- 12. Multiple Choice
What did the little girl’s grandma say a falling star meant?
an angel gets its wings
a person's spirit goes to heaven
a miracle is about to happen
a person is really sick
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which one of these was NOT a vision the little girl saw when she struck her matches?
A Christmas Feast
A Christmas Tree
Her Grandfather
Her Grandmother
- 14. Multiple Choice
The matches that the girl lights allow her to:
Imagine different scenes
Sell some matches
Get help from kind strangers
Transport herself to other places
- 15. Multiple Choice
Why does the little girl curl up in the cold instead of going home?
She wants to sell a few more matches
She's afraid of her father
She is too tired to walk all the way home
Her mother is mean and won't let her come home
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why does the girl have bare feet?
She lost her tennis shoes and can't afford new ones
One of her slippers fell off and the other was stolen
Her slippers got ruined by the snow
The story doesn't say
- 17. Multiple Choice
What was the first "vision" the little girl saw after she lit the first match
The Christmas Feast and Goose
The Christmas Tree
Her Grandmother
A large iron stove
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why did the little girl light the whole bundle of matches?
She was very cold
She wanted to see what vision would happen next
She wanted to experience Christmas Dinner all over again
She wanted to keep her Grandmother near
- 19. Multiple Choice
Where did her Grandmother take her?
To see her Mother and Father
Inside to keep warm
Up to heaven
To her house
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who wrote The Little Match Girl
Christian Andersen
J.K. Rowling
Dr. Seuss
Hans Christian Andersen
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