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3. Oh, I miss you so much! Take me with you!
What does this line tell you about the mental state of the Little Match Girl?

happy and joyous warm and comfortable

warm and hopeful sad and in utter despair

4. What does light of the matchstick bring for her?

hopelessness and utter despair warmth and comfort

fulfilment of her wishes hope and boundless joy

5. What do you think is the lesson that we learn from the story?

that we should have compassion for the poor

that we should stay inside when it’s snowing

that while going out, we should wear proper clothes

that we should celebrate festivals when the season is fine

B. Answer these questions.

1. What tells you that the Little Match Girl is very poor?

2. Why did the little girl not go home although she was cold and hungry?

3. How did the passers-by treat the little girl?

4. How does the weather play a part in escalating the misery of the young girl?

5. Why did the little girl light up all the matchsticks she had?

Reference to the context

Read the lines from the play and answer the questions that follow.

No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, and how happily she had gone with her old
grandmother into the bright New Year.

a. Who is ‘she’ in these lines? In what state did people find her?
b. Why do you think there was a smile on her face?

i. because she met her grandmother

ii. because she was finally going to a place where she would be safe and warm
iii. because she had plenty of good food to eat on New Year’s Eve

iv. because she was able to sell all the matchsticks that her father had given her

c. What beautiful things did she see?

d. How was the little girl’s New Year different?

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