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Grade 10 - English Literature - The Little Match Girl - 2021-22

The document summarizes the short story "The Little Match Girl" in 4 sections: 1) The little match girl is walking barefoot in the cold on New Year's Eve, trying to sell matches to stay warm. 2) When she lights a match, she sees visions that give her comfort - like being by a warm stove. But each match burns out, returning her to the cold. 3) She sees a vision of her deceased grandmother and a beautiful Christmas tree when lighting another match. 4) In the dawn, the little girl is found frozen to death, with a smile on her lips, at the corner of two houses where she sought shelter from the cold.

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Grade 10 - English Literature - The Little Match Girl - 2021-22

The document summarizes the short story "The Little Match Girl" in 4 sections: 1) The little match girl is walking barefoot in the cold on New Year's Eve, trying to sell matches to stay warm. 2) When she lights a match, she sees visions that give her comfort - like being by a warm stove. But each match burns out, returning her to the cold. 3) She sees a vision of her deceased grandmother and a beautiful Christmas tree when lighting another match. 4) In the dawn, the little girl is found frozen to death, with a smile on her lips, at the corner of two houses where she sought shelter from the cold.

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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL

Grade : X Subject: English-II Type : Answers

Annotation 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
It was bitterly cold, snow was falling and darkness was gathering, for it was the last
evening of the old year- it was New Year’s Eve.
In the cold and gloom a poor little girl walked, bare headed and barefoot, through
the streets.

(1) How does the author portray the little match girl at the start of the story?
a. walked bareheaded and barefoot in the cold night
b. was wearing her mother’s slippers which didn’t fit her well
c. was wearing an old apron
d. was trying to sell matchsticks
e. was hungry and shivering

(2) Why was the young girl walking barefoot?


a. was initially wearing her mother’s slippers
b. lost one of the slippers when she tried to escape from two carriages being
driven recklessly
c. a boy had snatched the other one from her

(3) Why do you think the author chose the New Year’s Eve as the setting of his
story?
a. New Year eve is a time when families get together to celebrate
i. They light up the houses
ii. Dine with their family members: glorious smell of roast goose
iii. The week following Christmas is a time for celebration
b. The life of the little match girl was in sharp contrast to this:
i. Walked barefoot in the cold night
ii. Forced to sell match sticks
iii. Scared of her father

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c. The setting thus heightens the plight of the young girl

(4) Light and darkness plays an important part in the story. Elucidate.
a. Light stands for joy, happiness and warmth
i. First match: sees the iron stove
ii. Second match: roasted goose waddling towards her
iii. Third match: brightly lit and decorated Christmas tree
iv. Fourth match: sees her grand mother
b. Darkness
i. tells us how gloomy her life was: the night was dark and gloomy

Annotation 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
She pulled one out-sc-r-ratch-how it spluttered and burnt! It had a warm, bright
flame like a tiny candle when she held her hand over it- but what a strange light!
1. Why did the little girl light the match?
a. was out in the cold with little to protect from the cold
b. was numb with cold
c. lit the match for warmth
2. Why does she describe the light as ‘a strange light’?
a. It created an illusion
i. She felt she was in front of a great iron stove
ii. It had polished brass knobs and brass ornaments
iii. The warm fire burnt beautifully
3. What could she see when she lit the second match?
a. Could see the wall
1. its bricks seemed transparent
b. Could see right in to the room of a house
i. a shining white cloth covered the table
ii. on it was placed beautiful china
iii. roast goose was kept in the centre
1. was stuffed with prunes and apples
2. was steaming deliciously
4. What was the illusion created when the girl lit the second match?
a. goose on the table hopped down from the dish
b. waddled across the floor up to the little girl
c. with carving knife and fork in its back
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Annotation 3
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Now someone is dying,” said the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one
who had ever been good to her but who was now dead, had said, “Whenever a star
falls, a soul goes up to God.”

1. Why does the little girl say “Now someone is dying”?


a. When the match had burned down:
i. she saw the candles on the tree rise higher and higher
ii. these became stars
iii. one of them fell and streaked the sky
b. her grandmother had told her that when a star falls someone dies.
2. What is it that the child saw when she lit the third match?
a. found herself sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree
b. the tree was larger and more beautiful than any she had seen earlier
c. a thousand candles lit up the branches
d. the tree was covered with gaily coloured balls
3. The little match girl visualizes a richly laden table, brightly lit Christmas tree
and her grandmother. What does it tell you about the little girl?
a. brings out her longing for a family full of warmth and love
b. shows
i. was lonely, hungry and cold whereas people around her were celebrating
ii. she wishes to celebrate the New Year Eve
iii. she missed her granny who had showered her with love

Annotation 4
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But in the cold dawn, at the corner formed by the two houses, sat the little girl with
rosy cheeks and smiling lips, dead - frozen to death on the last evening of the old
year.

(1) Why did the little girl have a smile on her lips?
a. she had seen a vision of her grandmother when she had lit the matches
b. the grandmother looked beautiful and stately
c. the grandmother took the girl and flew with her towards glory and joy

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(2) Why did the little girl choose to take shelter at the corner formed by the two
houses? What is it that the people discover on the dawn of the new year?
a. The corner probably provided her warmth/protected her from cold winds
b. The frozen dead body of the little girl
i. Had rosy cheeks and smiling lips
ii. She was huddled, held the matches
(3) What was the reaction of the people when they saw the frozen body of the
dead child? How had they treated her before?
a. Felt pity for the dead child
i. Said she was trying to keep her warm
b. Before that the people around were callous/did not empathise
i. Did not buy a single match from her
ii. Did not offer her food or shelter
(4) The story has transcended age and culture; provides an universal appeal.
Justify.
a. Appeals to the young and the old
b. Poverty exists in all societies
c. The aspirations and longings of human beings remain the same: just like the
young girl, all of us value love, warmth and security provided by a family
d. All families may be happy ones: just like the young girl’s family, there are
families which fail to take care of their children
e. The attitude of the society towards the sufferings of others is the same: just
like the people on the street, people in other societies too lack empathy /
compassion
f. Festival is a time of celebration and brings families together across the globe

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