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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mama do when Katrin explains that she needs money?
(a) Makes her do extra chores for the money.
(b) Gives it to her since writing is her dream.
(c) Refuses to speak to her for a week.
(d) Helps her find a job to earn the money.

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

3. Who visits Katrin when Mr. Schiller leaves?
(a) Dagmar.
(b) Mama.
(c) Christine.
(d) Carmelita.

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

5. How does Miss Durant like to eat her vegetables?
(a) Steamed.
(b) Boiled.
(c) Mashed.
(d) Raw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mama clear out the front room?

2. Who says, "I promise you your husban'--he will be alright."

3. What does Dagmar help Mama do in their new home?

4. What does Katrin want for her graduation present?

5. What is the name of the first boarder the family had at the Steiner Street house?

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