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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character demands her dowry money back from Uncle Chris' estate?
(a) Aunt Sigrid.
(b) Aunt Trina.
(c) Mama.
(d) Aunt Marta.

2. What item acts as a sense of security for the children?
(a) Aunt Sigrid's extra money.
(b) Papa's wages.
(c) Nels' story telling.
(d) Mama's bank account.

3. Which of the children has an operation in Chapter 3?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Dagmar.
(c) Christine.
(d) Nels.

4. How does Mama prefer to clean floors?
(a) Washing with a rag.
(b) Scrubbing with a brush.
(c) Sweeping with a broom.
(d) Mopping with a floor mop.

5. What does Mama really do with the check?
(a) Tears it up.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Returns it to the person who gave it to her.
(d) Takes it to the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the phrase that Mama uses to let everyone know everything is going fine?

2. What does the narrator try to give Mama at the end of Chapter 1?

3. What does Mama have for lunch in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 1, the narrator recalls the family home on which street?

5. Which items hang proudly on the wall in Mama and Papa's bedroom?

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