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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which heirlooms does Uncle Chris sell without telling anyone?
(a) The silver broach and coin collection.
(b) The silver broach and bridal chest.
(c) The bridal chest and drinking horn.
(d) The drinking horn and coin collection.

2. Which character does Uncle Chris sing to?
(a) Arne.
(b) Christine.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Dagmar.

3. What does Katrin mean when she says, "It is something within me, Mama. Right here!"?
(a) Writing is her passion.
(b) She feels sick to her stomach.
(c) She knows the girls at school hate her.
(d) She knows she will be caught for doing something bad.

4. What does the teacher send Katrin to find at the end of chapter 6?
(a) A pencil.
(b) A mop.
(c) A new dress.
(d) A book.

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

6. Where does Mama get the money to pay for the operation?
(a) Uncle Chris lets her borrow money.
(b) The Little Bank.
(c) Mama's Bank Account.
(d) Papa's wages.

7. What is the name of the first boarder the family had at the Steiner Street house?
(a) Miss Durant.
(b) Miss Grimes.
(c) Mister Ann.
(d) Miss Karboe.

8. Why does Mama clear out the front room?
(a) To redecorate the room.
(b) To make room for a renter.
(c) To make room since the aunts visit.
(d) To give Nels his own room.

9. The narrator, Katrin, decides to change her name to what?
(a) Christine.
(b) Kaaren.
(c) Katherine.
(d) Kathryn.

10. Why is Katrin jealous of Christine while she waits at the reception?
(a) Christine knows what is proper.
(b) Christine is smart.
(c) Christine is pretty.
(d) Chrsitine does not care what the other girls think of her.

11. Who tells Katrin she is "getting away with murder"?
(a) Christine.
(b) Dagmar.
(c) Carmelita.
(d) Nels.

12. Who is the chairman of the reception refreshment team?
(a) Katrin.
(b) Hester.
(c) Miss Scanlan.
(d) Carmelita.

13. Where does Katrin see the janitress?
(a) The auditorium.
(b) The school office.
(c) The furnace room.
(d) The science classroom.

14. What happens the same day the family moves to the Steiner Street house?
(a) Uncle Chris dies.
(b) The girls start at a new school.
(c) Papa leaves the family.
(d) Mama gives birth to a new baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fruit does Uncle Chris demand that the children eat more of?

2. Why can't any of the girls boil water for the tea during the reception?

3. What does Katrin do to try to get the money she needs to pay for the writing brochures?

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

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

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