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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which item does Mama not count out money for?
(a) Vacations.
(b) Groceries.
(c) Items for the children.
(d) Landlord.

2. How does Uncle Chris make his money?
(a) He is a traveling salesman.
(b) He is a professional gambler.
(c) He restores old farms and sells them for profit.
(d) He steals heirlooms from families.

3. What does the narrator try to give Mama at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Cash.
(b) Her novel.
(c) A check.
(d) A necklace.

4. What makes Mama's storytelling worse than normal in Chapter 3?
(a) Her stories are boring.
(b) She never tells an ending to her stories.
(c) She tells her stories in Norwegian.
(d) She keeps leaving parts out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mama finally sneak in to see her child at the hospital?

2. In Chapter 1, the family needs extra money to pay for which of the following?

3. This event causes finances to be low at the beginning of Chapter 2.

4. Why won't the doctor let Mama go see her child after the operation?

5. What item does Papa decide to give up to save money?

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